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MESSAGE 

FROM THE 



PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 

VETOING 

H. R. 9054 

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPART- 
MENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR JHE FISCAL 
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1919 



July 13, 1918. — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
and ordered to be printed 




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WASHINGTON 
1918 







n. of D. 

AUG 14 I»t8 



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MESSAGE. 



To THE House of Representatives : 

I regret to return without my signature so important a measure as 
H. R. 9054, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 
hundred and nineteen," but I feel constrained to do so because of my 
very earnest dissent, from the point of view of principle as well as of 
wise expediency, from the provision of that part of section 14 which 
prescribes a uniform minimum price for No. 2 Northern spring wheat 
of $2.40 per bushel. 

I dissent upon principle because I believe that such inelastic legis- 
lative price provisions are insusceptible of being administered in a way 
that will be advantageous either to the producer or to the consumer, 
establishing as they do arbitrary levels which are quite independent 
of the normal market conditions, and because I believe that the pres- 
ent method of regulation by conference with all concerned has 
resulted in the most satisfactory manner, considering the complexity 
and variety of the subject matter dealt with. 

It is evident that the present method of determining the price to 
be paid for wheat has had the most stimulating effect upon produc- 
tion, the estimated crop of spring wheat for this year exceeding all 
high records in a very remarkable and gratifying way. By an over- 
whelming majority of the farmers of the United States the price 
administratively fixed has been regarded as fair and liberal, and 
objections to it have come only from those sections of the country 
where, unfortunately, it has in recent years proved impossible to rely 
upon climatic conditions to produce a full crop of wheat and where, 
therefore, many disappointments to the farmer have proved to be 
unavoidable. Personally, I do not believe that the farmers of the 
country depend upon the stimulation of price to do their utmost to 
serve the Nation and the world at this time of crisis by exerting 
themselves to an extraordinary degree to produce the largest and best 
crops possible. Their patriotic spirit in this matter has been worthy 
of all praise and has shown them playing a most admirable and 
gratifying part in the full mobilization of the resources of the coun- 
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added an increased production of almost every other important grain, 
so that our granaries are likely to overflow, and the anxiety of the 
nations arrayed against Germany with regard to their food supplies 
has been relieved. 

The administrative method of agreeing upon a fair price has this 
very great advantage which any element of rigidity would in large 
part destroy, namely, the advantage of flexibility, of rendering pos- 
sible at every stage and in the view of every change of experience a 
readjustment which will be fair alike to producer and consumer. 

A fixed minimum price of $2.40 per bushel would, it is estimated, 
add $2 per barrel to the price of flour ; in other words, raise the price 
of flour from the present price of $10.50 at the mill to $12.50 at the 
mill, and inasmuch as we are anticipating a crop of approximately 
900,000,000 bushels of wheat, this increase would be equivalent to the 
immense sum of $387,000,000. 

Such an increase of the price of wheat in the United States would 
force a corresponding increase in the price of Canadian wheat. The 
allied Governments would, of course, be obliged to make all of their 
purchases at the increased figure, and the whole scale of their finan- 
cial operations in this countr3^ in which the Government of the 
United States is directly assisting, would be thereby correspondingly 
enlarged. The increase would also add very materially to the cost 
of living, and there would inevitably ensue an increase in the wages 
paid in practically every industry in the country. These added 
financial and economic difficulties, affecting practically the whole 
world, can not, I assume, have been in contemplation by the Congress 
in passing this legislation. 

WooDROw Wilson. 

The White House, 12 July, 1918. 



H. R. 9054. 

AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtioth. nineteen Jmndred and nineteen. 

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Revrescniativen of ilw United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be. and 
they are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the Ignited 
States not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the fiscal year end- 
ing June thirtieth, nineteen hvuidred and nineteen. f(ir tht> puriioscs and olijefts 
hereinafter expressed, namely : 

DEPART^rENT OF AGRK't'LTUUE. 

OFFICE OF THc: SECRETARY. 

Salaries, Office of the Secretary o)' Agriculture: Secretary of Agricul- 
ture. S12,000: Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, $5.0(X»: Solicitor. $5,000; 
chief clerk, $3,000. and $500 additional as custodian of buildings ; private secre- 
tary to the Secretary of Agriculture, $2,500; executive clerk. $2,250; executive 
clerk. $2.100 ; stenographer and executive clerk to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
$2,250; private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, $2,250; 
one appointment clerk, $2,000; one assistant in charge of information, $3,000; 
one officer in charge of supplies, $2,000: one assistant, $2,000: one inspector, 
$2,750; one inspector, $2,250; one law clerk. $3,250; two law clerks, at $3,000 
each ; two law clerks, at $2,750 each ; four law clerks, at $2,500 each ; eight law 
clerks, at $2,250 each; one law clerk. $2,200; five law clerks, at $2,000 each; 
three law clerks, at $1,800 each ; four law clerks, at $1,600 each ; one assistant 
editor. $2,000; four assistant editors, at $1,800 each; one assistant editor,' 
$1,600; one expert on exhibits, $3,000; one assistant in exhibits, $2,000; one 
telegraph and telephone operator. $1,600; one assistant chief clerk and captain 
of the watch, $1,800; five clerks, class four; thirteen clerks, class three; twenty- 
one clerks, class two; twenty-six clerks, class one: one auditor. $2,000; one 
accountant and bookkeeper. .$2,000; one clerk, $1,440; one clerk. $1,020; seven 
clerks, at $1,000 each ; thirteen clerks, at $9(M) each ; two clerks, at $840 each ; 
fourteen messengers or laborers, at $840 each; twelve assistant messengers, 
laborers, or messenger boys, at $720 each; one messenger or lalxtrer. $660: one 
mechanical superintendent, $2,500; one mechanical assistant. $1,800; one engi- 
neer. $1,400; one electrical engineer and draftsman, $1,200: one assistant engi- 
neer. $1,200; two assistant engineers, at $1,000 each; one fireman. $840; eight 
firemen, at $720 each; one chief elevator conductor. $840: sixteen elevator cnn- 
ductors, at $720 each ; three elevator conductors, at $600 each ; one superin- 
tendent of shops, $1,400; one cabinet shop foreman, $1,200; five cabinetmakers 
or carpenters, at $1,200 each ; three cabinetmakers or carpenters, at $1,100 
each: nine cabinetmakers or carpenters, at $1,020 each; three cabinetmakers or 
carpenters, at $900 each ; one electrician, $1,100; one electrical wireman, $1,100; 
one electrician or wireman, $1,000; one electiMcal wireman. .$900; one electrician's 

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lielper. $840; three electrician's helper.-, at .STlIO each: one painter. .*>1.02<); one- 
painter. .$l.tX»0 : live painters, at .$!HMI each ; five phunhers or steanifitters, at $1,020 
each; two plumber's heli>ers, at $840 each; two plumber's helpers, at $720 each; 
one blacksmith, $900; one elevator machinist. .$900; one tinner or sheet-metal 
worker, $1,100; one tinner's helper. $720; one lieutenant of the watch. $1,000; 
two lieutenants of the watch, at $960 each ; sixty-nine watchmen, at $720 each ; 
four mechanics, at $1,200 each; one mechanic, $1,000; one skilled laborer. 
$1,000; two skilled laborer.s. at $9G0 each; two skilled laborers, at $840 each; 
one skilled laborer. $720; one janitor. .$900; twenty-one assistant messengers^ 
messenger boys, or laborers, at $600 each; one carriage driver. .$600; twenty- 
tliree laborers or messenger boys, at $480 each ; one messenger or messenger 
boy, $360; one charwoman. $."340; three charwomen, at .$480 each; fifteen char- 
women, at $240 each; for extra labc»r ;ind emergency employments, $12,000; 
in all, $462,000. 

Salariks. Okkick ok Fai:m Management: One chief of office. .$4,000; one 
assistant to the chief. $2,520 ; one executive assistant. $2.2.50 ; two clerks. clasi?i 
four ; two clerks, class three ; three clerks, class two ; eight clerks, class one ; 
three clerks, at $1,100 each; four clerks, at $1,080 each; one clerk or drafts- 
man. $1,020; ten clerks, at $1,000 each; eighteen clerks, at .$900 each; six 
dei-ks or map tracers, at .$840 each ; one messenger or laborer, $720 ; one mes- 
senger, messenger boy, or laborer, $660 ; four messengers, messenger boys, or 
laborers, at $480 each; five charwomen, at .$240 each; one library assistant^ 
$1,440; one library assistant. .$900; one photographer. $1,400; one cartographer, 
$1,500; one draftsman. $1,440; one draftsman, $1,200; two draftsmen, at .$900' 
each; in all, .$83,430. 

General expenses. Office of Faki£ ]\L\nagement : For the employment of 
persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling 
expenses, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other expenses neces- 
sary in carrying out the work herein authorized, as follows: 

To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods of farm 
management and farm practice, $221,660. 

Total for Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $767,090. 

weathei; bureau. 

Salaries, Weather Bureau: One chief of bureau, .$5,000; one assistanv 
chief of bureau, .$3,250; one chief clerk, .$2.."00; one chief of division of stations 
and accounts. .$2.7.50; one chief of printing division, .$2,.50O; three chiefs of 
division, at $2,000 each; eight clerks, class 4; eleven clerks, class 3; twenty 
three clerks, class 2; thirty-one clei'ks. class 1; twenty-two clerks, at $1,000 
each; ten clerks, at .$900 each; one foreman of printing, $1,600; one lithog- 
rapher, $1,500; three lithographers, at $1,200 each; one pressman, $1,200; one 
printer or compositor, $1,440; five printers or compositors, at $1,350 each; four- 
teen printers or compositors, at $1..300 each; one printer or compositor, $1,200; 
six printers or compositors, at $1,080 each; five printers or compositors, at 
$1,000 each; four folders and feeders, at $720 each; one instrument maker, 
$1,440; three instrument makers, at $l.:iOO each; one instrument maker. $1,260; 
three skilled mechanics, at $1,200 each : five .skilled mechanics, at .$1,000 each ; 
one skilled mechanic, $840; one skilled mechanic, $720; six skilled artisans, at 
$840 each ; one engineer, $1,300 ; one fireman and steam fitter, $840 ; foui 
firemen, at $720 each ; one captain of the watch, $1,000 ; one electrician, $1.200 ; 
one gardener, $1,000; four repairmen, at $840 each; six repairmen, at $720 
each; four watchmen, at $720 each; eighteen messengers, messenger boys, oi 
laborers, at $720 each; six messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $660 



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each ; thirty-one, messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at .$G00 each ; ninety- 
nine messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $480 each; one charwoman, 
J^360 ; three charwomen, at $240 each ; in all, $328,950. 

(iENEKAL EXPENSES, WEATHER Bl'reau : For Carrying into effect in the Dis- 
trict of Columbia and elsewhere in the United States, in the West Indies, in 
the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea, and on ad.1acent coasts, in the Hawaiian 
Islands, in Bermuda, and in Alaska, the provisions of an Act approved October 
tirst, eighteen hundred and ninety, so far as they relate to the weather service 
transfen*ed thereby to the Department of Agriculture, for the employment of 
professors of meteorology, district forecasters, local forecasters, meteorologists, 
section directors, observers, apprentices, operators, skilled mechanics, instru- 
pient makers, foremen, assistant foremen, proof readers, compositors, pi-ess- 
men, lithographers, folders and feeders, repairmen, station agents, mes- 
sengers, messenger boys, laborers, special observers, displaymen, and other neces- 
sary employees ; for fuel, gas. electricity, freight and express charges, furni- 
ture, stationery, ice, dry goods, twine, mats, oil, paints, glass, lumber, hard- 
ware, and washing towels ; for advertising ; for purchase, subsistence, anu 
care of horses and vehicles, the purchase and repair of harness, for official pur- 
poses only ; for instruments, shelters, apparatus, storm-warning towers and 
repairs thereto; for rent of offices; for repairs and improvements to existing 
buildings and care and preservation of grounds, including the construction oi 
necessary outbuildings and sidewalks on public streets abutting Weather Bu- 
reau grounds ; and the erection of temporary buildings for living quarters of 
observers ; for official traveling expenses ; for telephone rentals and for tele- 
graphing, telephoning, and cabling reports and messages, rates to be fixed by 
the Secretary of Agriculture by agreements with the companies performing 
the service ; for the maintenance and repair of Weather Bureau telegraph, 
telephone, and cable lines; and for evei*y other expenditure required for tlu 
establishment, equipment, and maintenance of meteorological offices and sta- 
tions and for the issuing of weather forecasts and warnings of storms, cold 
waves, frosts, and heavy snows, the gauging and measuring of the flow of 
i-ivers and the Issuing of river forecasts and warnings ; for observations and 
reports relating to crops and for other necessary observations and reports, 
including cooperation with other bureaus of the Government and societies and 
institutions of learning for the dissemination of meteorological information, 
as follows : 

For necessary expenses in the city of Washington incident to collecting and 
disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine information, and for 
investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, volcanology, evapora- 
tion, r.nd aerology, $109.2.")0 ; 

For the maintenance of a printing office in tlie city of Washington for the 
printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications, 
including the pay of additional employees, when necessary, $12.800 : Provided, 
That no printing shall be done by the Weather Bureau that, in the .judgment 
of the Secretary of Agriculture, can be done at the Government Printing office 
without impairing the service of said bureau ; 

For necessary expenses outside of the city of Washington inciilent to collect- 
ing and disseminating meteorological, climatological, and marine infoi-mation, 
.•ind for investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, volcanology, 
I'vaporation. and aerology, $1,312,190. including not to exceed $672.rt00 for 
salaries, $130,040 for special observations an<l reports, and .S29."),7.">0 for tele- 
graphing and telephoning ; 

For official traveling expenses, $2G.(M)(>; 



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For the est!il>lisliiiiont iiiid iniMiitenancp by the Woatlier F.ureau of addi- 
tional aerologirnl stations, for oliservinjr. iiipasuriiijr, and investisratinj; atraos- 
plierir i)lipnoni<'!ia in ilie aid of aeroiiauiics, inciudinjx salaries, travel, and other 
expenses in the city of Washinirton and elsewhere. $08,740: 

For repairing', reiiewinir. and inijiroving seacoast telegraph and cable lines, 
.S25,<MX) : 

In all. for jreneral ex|ien.ses. .S1.5S3.080. 

Total (or Weather Hnrean .'^1.012.030. 

nriaoAC of animal industry. 

Sai.arie.s. Bt-re.\u oi- AxiMAf. Indicstky: One chief of bureau. $5,000; one 
chief clerk. $2..5(M); one editor and compiler, $2,250; one executive assistant, 
)j'2,5<»0; two executive clerks, at $2,000 each; six clerks, class four; one clerk, 
$1,68(1; fourteen clerks, class three; one assistant in live-stock investigations, 
$1,600; two clerks, at $1,.500 each; twenty-six clerks, class two; two clerks, at 
$1,38(1 each : three clerks, at $1,320 each : one clerk, $1,300; two clerks, at $1,260 
each; ninety-tive clerks, class one; one clerk. $1,100; one clerk. $1,080; ten 
clerks, at $1,020 each ; sixty-five clerks, at $1,000 each ; two clerks, at .$0C0 each ; 
tifty-tive clerks, at .SO(H» each; one architect. $2,000; one illustrator, $1,400; one 
laboratory aid. $1.2(H»: one laboratory helper. $1,200; two laboratory helpers, 
at .^l.(i2(l each: one laboratory !ieli)er, $1,000; one ljd)()ratory l>elper. $960; 
two laboratory helper.s. at .$840 each; one laboratory helper, $720; two labora- 
tory heljiers. at $600 each; one laberator.v helper. $480; one instrument maker. 
$l.2(»»; t»ne carpenter, $1,140; two carpenters, at $1,000 each; two messengers 
and custodians, at $1,200 each; one quarantine assistant, $900; one skilled 
laborer. $1,000; ten skilled laborers, at $900 each; one painter, $900; one 
laborer. .$900; nine messengers, skilled laborers, or laborers, at $840 each; 
three lal)orers. at $780 each ; twenty-four messengers, skilled laborers, or 
laborers, at $720 each ; four laborers, at $660 each ; twenty-four laborers, at 
!<6(Kt eacli; thirty-two laborers, at .$.540 each; thirty laborers, at .$480 each; one 
niessenger boy. .$6(50: three messenger boys, at .$600 each; sixteen messenger 
boys, at .$480 each; eight messenger boys, at $360 each; one charwoman. $600; 
two charwomen, at $540 each; thirteen, charwomen, at $480 each: five char- 
women, at .$.36(» each ; two charwomen, at $3(Xt each : seven charwomen, at 
$240 each ; in all, $479,710. 

(Jknkrai- kxpknsks, liiREAi- OF ANiii.;, Indu.stry: For carrying out the pro- 
visions of the Act approved INlay twenty-ninth, eishteen hundi-ed and eiglity- 
lour, establishing t: F>ureau of Animal Industry, and the provisions of the Act 
ai>pi-oved ^larch third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, providing for the safe 
transport and humane treatment of export cattle from the United States to 
foreign countries, and for other pun»oses; the Act ai)proved August thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and nii\ety, providing for the nnportation of animals into the 
T'nited States, and for other purposes : and the provisions of the Act of May ninth, 
nineteen hundred and two, extending the inspection of meats to process butter, 
and providing for the inspection of factories, marking of packages, and so 
forth: and the provisions of the Act ajiproved February .second, nineteen hun- 
dred ami three, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to more effectually sup- 
press and jtrevent the spiead o!" t-ontagious and infectious diseases of live 
stock, and for other purposes: and also the pr<>visions of the Act approved 
March third, nineteen lnnidred and tive. to enable the Seci'etary of Agriculture 
to establish and maintain (luarantine districts, to permit and regulate the 
movement of cattle and other live stock therefrom, and for other purposes; and 
f. r carrying out tlie provisions of the Act of June twenty-ninth, nineteen liun- 



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«li-ii(l and six, t>ntitletl "An Act to prevent cruelty to iiniuials while iu transit 
hy riiiU-oads or other means of transportation; and for carrying out the pi-ovi- 
sions of the Act approved Maroli fourth, nineteen luindred and thirteen, regu- 
lating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, sermn, 
toxin, or analagous products manufactured in the United States, and the im- 
putation of such products intended lor use in the treatment of domestic ani- 
iiials: and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and disseminate 
information concerning live stock, dairy, and other animal products; to pre- 
pai-e and disseminate reports on animal industry ; to employ and pay from the 
appropriation herein made as many persons in the city of Washington or else- 
where as he may deem necessary ; to purchase in the open market samples of all 
tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, or analogous products, of foreign or domestic 
manufacture, which are sold in the United States, for the detection, prevention, 
.treatment, or cure of diseases of domestic animals, to test the same, and to dis- 
seminate the results of said tests in such manner as he may deem best ; to pur- 
chase and destroy diseased or exposed animals or quarantine the same when- 
ever in his .iudgment essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, tuber- 
culosis, or othei- diseases of animals from one State to another, as follows : 

For inspection and quarantine work, including all necessary expenses for 
the eradication of scabies in sheep and cattle, the inspecti<jn of southern cattle, 
the supervision of the transportation of live stock and the inspection of vessels, 
the execution of the twenty-eight-hour law, the inspection and quarantine of 
imported animals, including the establishment and maintenance of quarantine 
stations and repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to buildings 
thereon ; the inspection of work relative to the existence of contagious diseases, 
and the mallein vesting of animals, $503,062 ; 

For investigating the disease of tuberculosis of animals, for its control and 
eradication, for the tuberculin testing of animals, and for researches concerning 
tlie cause of the disease, its modes of spread, the methods of treatment and 
prevention, including demonstrations, the formation of organizations, and such 
other means as may be necessary, either inilependently or in cooperation with 
farmers, associations. State or county authorities, $500,000: Provided, hoiccver. 
That in carrying out the purpo.se of this appropriation, if in the opinion of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, it shall be necessary to destroy tuberculous animals 
find to compensate owners for loss thereof, he may, in his discretion, expend 
in the city of ^^'ashington or elsewhere out of the moneys of this appropriation, 
such suras as he shall determine to be necessary for the reimbursement of 
owners of animals so destroyed, in cooperation with such States, comities, or 
municipalities, as shall by law or by suitable action in keejiiiig with its 
authority in the matter, and by rules and reguhitions adopted and enforced 
in pursuance thereof, provide inspection of tuberculous animals and for com- 
pensation to owners of animals so destroyed, but no part of the money hereby 
appropriated shall be used in compensating owners of such animals except in 
cooperation with and supplementary to payments to be made by State, county. 
<»r municipality where destruction of such animals shall take place; nor siiall 
any payment be made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such 
animal destroyed if at the time of inspection oi- test of such animal or at tlie 
time of destruction thereof, it shall belong t() or be ui>on the i)remises of any 
person, firm, or corporation, to which it lias been sold, shipped, or delivered for 
the purpose of being slaughtered : I'roridcd, furtlirr. That out of the money 
hereby appropriated, no payment as compensation for any tuberculous animal 
destroyed shall exceed one-third of the difference between the appraised value 
of such animal and the value of the salvage thereof; that no payment here- 
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luunieipality, wiiere the animal shall be destroyed ; and tiiat in no ciise shall 
any payment hereunder be more than .$25 for any grade animal or more than 
$50 for any pure-bred animal, and no payment shall be made unless the owner 
has complied with all lawful quarantine regulations: And provided further, 
That the act approved ^Nlay twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four 
(Twenty-third Statutes at Large, page thirty-one), be. and the same is hereby, 
amended to permit cattle which have reacted to the tubercidin test to be .shipped, 
transported, or moved from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia> 
to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, foi- immediate 
slaughter; in accordance with such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed 
by the Secretary of Agriculture: And provided further. That the Secretary 
of Agriculture may, in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as 
he may prescril)e permit cattle which have been shifped f(»r breeding or feeding 
jiurposes from one State. Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another 
State. Territory, or the District of Columbia, and which have reacted to 
the tuberculin test subsequent to such shipment, to ])e reshipped in interstate 
commerce to the original owner. 

For all necessary expenses for the eradication of southern cattle ticks, 
$750,000, of which sum $50,000 may be used for live stock and dairy demonstra- 
tion work, in cooperation with the States Relations Service, and of this amount 
no part shall be used in the purchase of animals : Proinded, however. That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used in the purchase of materials for or in 
the construction of dipping vats upon land not owned solely by the United 
States, except at fairs or expositions where the Department of Agriculture 
makes exhibits or demonstrations ; nor shall any part of this appropriation be 
used in the purchase of materials or mixtures for use in dipping vats except in 
experimental or demonstration work carried on by the officials or agents of 
the Bureau of Animal Industry ; 

For all necessary expenses for investigations and experiments in dairy indus- 
try, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, 
inspection of renovated-butter factories and markets, $364,390 ; 

For all necessary expenses for investigations and experiments in animal 
husbandry ; for experiments in animal feeding and breeding, including coopera- 
tion with the State agricultural experiment stations, including repairs and 
additions to and erection of buildings absolutely necessary to caiTy on the 
experiments, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and 
elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other necessary 
expenses, $308,680: Provided, That of the sum thus appropriated $37,840 may 
be used for experiments in the breeding and maintenance of horses for military 
purposes: Provided further. That of the sum thus appropriated $01,040 may be 
used for experiments in poultry feeding and breeding: Provided further. That 
of the sum thus appropriated $8,000 may l)e used ftir the equipment of the 
United States sheep experiment station in Fremont County. Idaho, including 
repairs and additions to and the erection of necessary buildings to furnish 
facilities for the investigation of problems pertaining to the sheep and wool 
industry on the farms an<l ranges of the Western States: 

For all necessary expenses for scientific investigations in diseases of animals, 
including the maintenance and improvement of the bureau experiment station 
at Bethesda, Maryland, and the necessary alterations of buildings thereon, and 
the necessary expenses for investigations of tuberculin, serums, antitoxins, and 
analogous products. $124,560: Provided. That of said sum $49.4tX) may be used 
for researches concerning the cause, modes of spread, and methods of treatment 
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For investigating the disease of hog cholera, and for its control or eradication 
by such means as may be necessary, including demonstrations, the formation of 
organizations, and other methods, either independently or in cooperation with 
farmers, associations, State or county authorities. $446,900: Provided, That of 
said sum $167,240 shall be available for expenditure in carrying out the provi- 
sions of the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, regu- 
lating the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, or shipment of any virus, serum, 
toxin, or analogous product manufactured in the United States and the impor- 
tation of such products intended for use in the treatment of domestic animals : 
And provided further, That of said sum $32,060 shall be available for researches 
concerning the cause, modes of spi*ead, and methods of treatment and prevention 
of this disease; 

For all necessary expenses for the investigation, treatment, and eradication 
of dourine, $97,800 ; 

For general administrative work, including traveling expenses and salaries 
of employees engaged in such work, rent outside of the District of Columbia, 
office fixtures and supplies, express, freight, telegi*aph, telephone, and other 
necessary expenses, $26,686; 

In all, for general expenses. $3,122,678. 

Meat Inspection, Bi-keau op^ Animal Industhv: For additional expenses 
in carrying out the provisions of the meat-in.spection Act of June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and six (Tliirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page six hundred 
and seventy-four), there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of $477,200. 

Total for Bureau of Animal Industry, $4,079,588. 

• BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 

i^ALAKiES, Bureau of Plant Industry: One physiologist and pathologist, 
who shall be chief of bureau, $5,000; one assistant to the chief, $3,000; one 
executive assistant in seed distribution. $2,500 ; one officer in charge of publica- 
tions, $2,250 ; one landscape gardener, $1,800 ; one officer in charge of records, 
$2,250; one executive clerk, .$2,000; two executive clerks, at $1,980 each; one 
seed inspector, $1,000 ; one seed warehouseman, $1,400 ; one seed warehouseman, 
$1,000; one seed warehouseman. $840; seven clerks, class four; twelve clerks, 
class three; three clerks, at .$1,500 each; twenty-three clerks, class two; fifty- 
eight clerks, class one ; one clerk or draftsman, $1,200 ; one clerk. $1,080 ; seven 
clerks, at $1,020 each ; twenty-five clerks, at $1,000 each ; forty -four clerks, at 
$900 each; one clerk or draftsman, $900; eleven clerks, at $840 each; one 
laborer, $780; forty-one messengers or laborers, at $720 each; eleven messen- 
gers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $660 each; thirty messengers, messenger 
boys', or laborers, at $600 each ; one artist, $1,620 ; one clerk or artist, $1,400 ; 
two clerks or artists, at $1,200 each ; one photographer. $1,200 ; one pho- 
tographer, .$840; t^yo laboratory aids, at $1,440 each; one laboratory aid, 
$1,380; four laboratory aids or clerks, at $1,200 each; one laboratory aid. 
clerk, or skilled laborer. $1,080; three laboratory aids, clerks, or skilled 
laborers, at $1,020 each ; two laboratory aids, at $960 each ; one laboratory aid. 
$900 ; four laboratory aids, at $840 each ; seven laboratory aids, at $720 each ; 
one laboratory apprentice, $720; one map tracer, .$600; two gardeners, at 
$1,440 each; four gardeners, at $1,200 each; eight gardeners, at $1,100 each; 
fifteen gardeners, at $900 each ; nineteen gardeners, at $780 each ; one skilled 
laborer, $960 ; two skilled laborers, at $900 each ; three skille<l laborers, at $840 
each- one assistant in technology, .$1,400; one assistant in technology. $1,380; 
one mechanician, $1,080; one mechanical assistant. $1,200; one blacksmith, 
$900 ; one carpenter, $900 ; one painter. $900 ; one teamster, $840 ; one teamster. 



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.*};G(K): twoiity-oue laborers, at $540 each; tliirty-tive laborers, messengei*s, or 
mes^tiigers, at $480 each; four laborers or cbarwomen, at $480 each; five 
laborers or messenger boys, at $420 each: twenty charwomen, at $240 each; 
sixteen messenger boys, at $3G0 each ; in all. $440,020. 

Gexerat, expenses, BfREAT' OF Pi.ANT iNursTKv : For all necessary expenses 
in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, 
gras.ses, fox'age. drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant 
industries in cooperation with other branches of the department, the State* 
expei-iment stations, and practical farmers, and for the erection of necessary 
farm buildings: Proridcd, That the co.st of any building erected shall not 
exceed $1,500 ; for field and station expenses, including fences, drains, and 
other farm improvements : for repairs in the District of Columbia and else- 
where ; for rent outside of the District of Columbia ; and for the employment of 
all investigators, local and special agents, agricultural explorers, experts, clerks, 
illustrators, assistants, and all labor and other necessary expenses in the city 
of Washington and elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and 
demonstrations herein authorized, as follows: 

For investigations of plant diseases and pathological collections, including 
the maintenance of a plant-disease survey, $62,020; 

For the investigation of diseases of orchard and other fruits, $75,935 : 
Provided, That $8,000 of said amount shall be available for the investigation 
of diseases of the pecan ; 

For conducting such investigations of the nature and means of communi- 
cation of the disease of citrus trees, known as citrus canker, and for applying 
such methods of eradication or control of the disease as in the .iudgment of 
the Secretai'y of Agi-iculture may be necessary, including the payment of such 
(expenses and the employment of such persons and means, in the city of AVash- 
ington and elsewhere, and cooperation with such authorities of the States 
concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary 
to accomplish- such purposes. $250,000. and, in the discretion of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum 
or sums at least equal to such exi^enditures shall have been appropriated, sub- 
scribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals 
or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes: Provided, That no 
part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or value 
of trees or other property injured or destroyed ; 

For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, 
including a study of the nature and habits of the parasitic fungi causing the 
chestnut-tree bark disease, the white-pine blister rust, and other epidemic 
tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods of control and 
applying methods of eradication or control already discovered, $83,G3o : 

For applying such methods of eradication or control of the white-pine blister 
rust as in the judgment of the Secretax-y of Agriculture may be necessary, 
including the payment of such expenses and the employment of such persons 
and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in cooperation with such 
authorities of the States concerned, organizations, or individuals as he may 
deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, $230,448, and in the discretion 
of tile Secretary of Agriculture no expenditures shall be made for these pur- 
poses until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been 
appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities, 
or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes: 
Proridcd, That no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay 
the cost or value of trees or other jn-operty injured or destroyed ; 



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For the investigation of diseases of cotton, potatoes, tru<-lv crops, forage 
crops, drug and related plants, §87,800 ; 

For investigating the physiology of crop plants and for testing and breeding 
varieties thereof, $48,460; 

For soil-bacteriology and plant-nutrition investigation, including the testing 
of samples, procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating legumes, 
and if any such samples are found to be impure, nonviable, or niisbranded, 
the results of the tests may be published, together with the names of the 
manufacturers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, 
$39,300 ; 

For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertility and remedial 
measui-es, maintenance of productivity, properties and composition of soil 
humus, and the transformation and formation of soil humus by soil organisms, 
$36,260 ; 

For acclimatization and adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, and other 
crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the improvement of cotton and 
other fiber plants by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, and for 
deteriuining the feasibility of increasing the production of hard fibers outside 
of the continental United States, $107,510: Provided, That not less than 
$7,500 of this sum shall be used for experiments in cottonseed interbreeding: 
Provided further, That of this amount $3,000 may be used for experiments in 
the production of New Zealand flax in the United States and for its utilization 
in the manufacture of binder twine ; 

For the investigation, testing, and improvement of plants yielding drugs, 
spices, poisons, oils, and related products and by-products, and for general 
physiological and fermentation investigations, $58,820; 

For crop technological investigations, including the study of plant-infesting 
nematodes, $24,940; 

For biophysical investigations in connection with the various lines of work 
herein authorized, $32,500; 

For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing of samples 
of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, and lawn-grass seeds secured in the open 
market, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or niisbranded the 
results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons 
by whom the seeds were offered for sale, and for cari'ying out the provisions of 
the Act approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled 
"An Act to regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the 
United States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes " 
(Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page five hundred and six), $36,680; 

For the investigation and inii>rovement of cereals and methods of cereal 
production, and the study of cereal diseases, and for the investigation of the 
cultivation and breeding of tlax for seed purposes, inchiding a study of flax 
diseases, and for the investigation and improvement of broom corn and methods 
of broom-corn production. $441,505: Provided, That $40.(X»0 shall be set aside 
for the study of corn improvement and methods of corn production : Provided 
also. That $100,000 shall be set aside for the investigation and control of the 
disea.ses of wheat, oats, and barley known as black rust and stripe rust : Pro- 
vided also. That $150,000 shall be set aside for the destruction of vegetation 
from which such rust spores originate, wliich sum shall be imniedisitely avail- 
able: Provided also. That $25,000 sliall be set aside for the inve.stigation of 
corn root and stalk di.seases and for the inauguration of such control measures 
as may be found necessary ; 

For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and tiu- methods of toliacco 
production and handling. $32,000 ; 



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For testing and breeding,' lihrnus ijlants, inclmling the testing of llax straw 
iind hemp, iu cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural College, which 
may he used for paper making, $1G,7G0: 

For the breeding and iihysiojogical study of alkali-resistant and drought- 
resistant crops, $24,280 ; 

For sugar-plant investigations, including studies of diseases and the improve- 
ment of the beet and beet seed, and methods of culture, and to determine for 
each sugar-beet area the agricultural operations recpiired to insure a stable, 
agriculture, $64,115: Provided. That not less than $10.(M)0 of this sum shall be 
used for the development and improvement of American strains of sugar-beet 
seed and for the establishment of a pei mancnt sugar-beet seed industry in the 
United States: Provided further. That of this sum $]2,500 may be used for 
investigations in connection with the jiroduction of cane and sorghum sirup, 
including the breeding, culture, and disease of c-ane and sori,diuni, and the util- 
ization of cane and sorghum by-products : 

For investigations in economic and systematic botany and tlie improvement 
and utilization of wild plants and grazing lands, $23,100: 

For the investigation and imj>rovement of methods of (rop jiroductioii under 
subhumid. semiarid. or dry-land conditions. $160.0(X): Provided. That the lim- 
itation in this act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this para- 
graidi : Provided further. That no part of this appropriation shall be used in 
the free distribution, or propagation for free distribution, of cuttings, seedlings, 
or trees of w illow. box elder, ash. caragana. or other common varieties of fruit, 
ornamental, or shelter-belt trees iu the Northern Great Plains area, except for 
exjierimental or demonstration purposes iu the States of Noi-tli and South 
Dakota west of the one hundredth meridian, and in .Moninna and Wyoming 
east of the five-thousand-foot contour line : 

For investigations in connection with western irrigation agriculture, the 
utilization of lands reclainted under the Kedamatiou Act, and other arras in 
the arid and semiarid regions, $73,580: 

For the investigation and improvement of fruits, and the methods of fruit 
growing, harvesting, and, in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets, studies 
of the behavior of fruits during the processes of marketing and while in 
commercial storage, $85,280: Pronided. That $9,000 of said amount shall be 
available for the investigation and improvement of the pecan, and methods of 
growing, harvesting, packing, and shipping of same : 

To cultivate and care for the gardens and grounds of the Dei)artment of Agri- 
culture in the city of Washington, including the keep and lighting of the grounds 
and the construction, surfacing, and repairing of roadways and walks: and to 
erect, manage, and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit 
propagating houses on the grounds of the Det>artment of Agriculture in the 
city of Washington. $11,690: 

For horticultural investigations, including the study of iirodiicing and har- 
vesting truck and related crojts, including potatoes, and, in cooperation with 
the Bureau of Markets, studies of the behavior of vegetables while in the pro- 
cesses of marketing and in commercial storage, and the study of landscape and 
vegetable gardening, lloricidture, and related sub.jects, $00,540: 

For continuing the necessary improvements to establish and maiiUain ;i 
general exiieriment farm and agricultural station on the Arlingtt)n estate, iu 
the State t)f Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress 
approved Ai)ril eighteenth, nineteen hundred, $21,900: Provided, That the lim- 
itation in this Act as to the co><t of farm buildings shall not apply to this 
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For iuvestigations in foreign seed and plant introduction, including the study, 
collection, purchase, testing, propagation, and distribution of rare and valuable 
seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries 
and from our possessions, and for experiments with reference to their intro- 
duction and cultivation in this country. $91,440 ; 

For the purchase, propagation, testing, and distribution of new and rare 
seeds; for the investigation and improvement of grasses, alfalfa, clover, and 
other forage crops, including the investigation of the utilization of cacti and 
other dry-land plants; and to conduct investigations to determine the most 
effective methods of eradicating weeds, $143,180 : Provided, That of this aniount 
not to exceed $60,000 may be used foi- the purchase and distribution of such 
new and rare seeds ; 

For general administrative expenses connected witli the above-mentioned 
lines of investigation, including the office of the chief of bureau, the assistant 
chief of bureau, the officers in charge of publications, records, supplies, and 
property, and for miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, .$31,020; 

In all, for general expenses, $2,454,698. 

Ptrchase and distbibl-tion of valiable seeds : For purchase, propagation, 
testing, and congressional distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, 
vine-, cuttings, and plants; all necessary office fixtures and supplies fuel, trans- 
portation, paper, twine, gum. postal cards, gas, electric current, rent outside 
ol' tile District of Columbia, official traveling expenses, and all nwessary mate- 
rial and repairs for putting up and distributing the same; for repairs and 
the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor 
required, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, $242,320. And the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture is hereby directed to expend the said sum, as nearly as 
jiracticable. in the purchase, testing, and distribution of such valuable seeds, 
bulbs, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, the best he can obtain at public or 
lirivaie sale, and such as shall be suitable for the respective localities to which 
the same are to be apportioned, and in which same are to be distributed as 
liereinafter stated, and such seeds so purchased shall include a variety of 
\egetable and flower seeds suitable for planting and culture in the variou.s 
sections of the United States: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture, 
after due advertisement and on competit)*\e bids, is authorized to award the 
contiact for the supplying of printed packets and envelopes and the packeting, 
assembling, and mailing of the seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines cuttings, and 
lilaiiis. or any part thereof, for a period of not more than five years nor less 
ilian one year, if by such action he can best protect the interests of the United 
States. An equal proportion of five-sixths of all seeds, bulbs, shrubs, vines, 
cuttings, and plants, shall upon their request, after due notification by the 
Secretary of Agriculture that the allotment to their respective districts is 
ready for distribution. l)e sup])lied to Senators. Representatives, and Delegates 
in Con.gress for distribution among their constituents, or mailed by the depart- 
ment upon the receipt of their addressed franks, in packages of such weight 
as tlie Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster General may jointly deter- 
mine: Provided, howeixr, That upon each envelope or wrapper containing 
packages of seeds the contents thereof shall be plainly indicated, and the 
Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator. Representative, or Delegate seeds 
entirely unfit for the climate and loc^dity he repre.sents, but shall distribute 
Hie same so that each Member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may 
lie, and the best adapted to the locality he represents: Provided, aim. That the 
seeds allotted to Senators and Repre.sentatives for distribution in the districts 
embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth parallels of latitude shall 



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1>«' iviidy for delivery not later than tlie tenth day of January: Provided, also. 
That any portion of the allotments to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates 
in Conp:ress remaining: uncalled for on the first day of April shall be distributed 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, jrivinir preference to those persons whose nanu'< 
and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Coji- 
.cress and who have not before dui-inj: the same season been supplied by the 
Department: And provided, (ilao. That the Secretary shall report, as provided 
in this Act, the place, (juantity, and pi-ice df seeds purchased, and the date of 
purchase; but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the 
Secretary of Agriculture from sending seeds to those who apply for the same. 
And the amount herein api)ropriated shall not be diverted or used for any 
other purpose but for the purchase, testing, propagation, and distribution of 
valuable seeds, bulbs, mulberry and other rare and valuable trees, shrults. 
vines, cuttings, and plants. 

Total for Bureau of Plant In.lustry. .S3.137.03S. 

FORKST SERVICE. 

Salaries, Forest Service : One forester, who shall be chief of bureau, $5,000 ; 
one chief of office of accounts and fiscal agent. $2.500 ; one in.spector of rec- 
ords. $2,400; seven district fi.scal agents, at $2,120 each; one fore.st supervisor. 
$2,800; one forest supervisor. $2,700; eight forest supervisors, at $2,400 each; 
twenty forest supervisors, at $2,200 each ; forty-nine forest supervisors, at 
$2,000 each ; sixtj'-six forest supervis«u's, at $1,800 each ; five forest super- 
visors, at $1,600 each; one deputy forest supervisor, $1,800; four deputy forest 
supervisors, at $1,700 each ; twenty-eight deputy forest supervisors, at $1,600 
each; thirty-one deputy forest supervisors, at $1,500 each; eighteen deputy 
forest supervisors, at $1.4(X) each ; eleven forest rangers, at $1,500 each ; twenty 
three forest rangers, at $1,400 each: seventy-eight forest rangers, at $1.30<i 
each; two hundred and eighty-eight forest rangers, at $1,200 each; six hundred 
and thirty forest rangers, at $1,100 each ; one hundred forest guards, at $1,100 
each, for periods not exceeding six months in the aggregate; forty forest guards, 
at $1,100 each, for periods not exceeding three months in the aggregate; out; 
clerk, $2.100 ; four clerks, at $2,000 each ; nineteen clerks, at $1,800 each ; 
twenty-one clerks, at $1,600 each; nine clerks, at $1,500 each; twenty-three 
clerks at $1,400 each; nine clerks, at $1,800 each; one hundred and thirty- 
eight clerks, at $1,200 each ; ninety-five clerks, at $1,100 each ; fifty-four clerks, 
at $1,020 each; thirty clerks, at $960 each; one hundred and twenty-two clerks, 
at $900 each; two clerks, at $840 eadi ; one clerk. $600; one clerk or proof 
reader. $1,400; one clerk or translator. .SI .400; one compiler. $1,800; one drafts- 
man. $2,000; one draftsman or surveyor. $1,800; three draftsmen, at $1,600 each ; 
one clerk or compositor. $1.600 ; three draftsmen or surveyors, at $1,600 each ; 
sixteen draftsmen or surveyors, at $1,500 each ; six draftsmen or surveyors, at 
$1,400 each; two draftsmen, at $1.-500 each; nine draftsmen, at $1,400 each, 
four draftsmen, at $1,300 each ; sixteen draftsmen, at $1,200 each ; two draft.s 
men. at $1,100 each; three draft.smen. at $1,020 each; one draftsman, $1.000 » 
one draftsman. .$960; twelve draftsmen or map colorists, at $900 each; one 
draftsman or artist. $1,200; one draftsman or negative cutter, $1,200: one 
artist. $1,600; one artist. $1,000: one i.hotographer. $1,600; one photographer. 
$1,400; one photographer. $1,200; one photogrjijiher $1100; one lithographer 
or photographer, $1,200; one lithographer's helper, .$780; one blue-printer. 
$900; one blue-printer. $720; two telephone operators, at $600 each; one ma- 
chinist. $1,260; two carpenters, at $1,200 each: three carpenters, at $1,000 
each ; one carpenter, $960 ; one electrician, $1,020 ; one laboratory aid and 



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eiijjineer, $1,000; nine laboratory aids and enKiiit>ers. at $900 each; two lalutra- 
tory aids and engineers, at $8(K) each; one laboratory helper. $720; one 
laboratory helper. $600; one packer. $1,000; one packer. $780; four watchmen, 
at $840 each ; two messengers or laborers, at $960 each ; three messenj^ers oi 
laborers, at $900 each ; four messengers or laborers, at $840 each ; three me;^ 
senders or laborers, at $780 each ; five messengers or laborers, at $720 each ; 
six messengers or laborers, at $660 each ; live messeiigei-s. messenger boys, or 
laborers, at $600 each; two messengers, messenger boys, or laltorers. at $540 
each; three messengers or messenger boys, at $480 each: iliiee messengers or 
messenger boys, at $420 each ; thirteen messengers or niessengci- boys, at $360 
each; one charwoman. $540; one charwoman. $480; one charwoman. .$300; 
eleven charwomen, at $240 each ; in all. $2,483,020. 

General expenses. Forest Service: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to 
experiment and to make and continue investigations and report on forestry, 
national forests, forest fires, and lumbering, but no part of this appropriation 
shall be used for any experiment or test made outside the jurisdiction of the 
United States ; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the 
same ; to investigate and test American timber and timber trees and their uses, 
and methods for the preservative treatment of tinil)er; to seek through investi- 
gations and the planting of native anil foreign species, suitable trees for the 
treeless regions; to erect necessary buildings: Provided, That the cost of any 
building erected shall not exceed $650 ; to pay all expenses necessary to protect, 
administer, and improve the national forests ; to ascertain the natural condi- 
tions upon and utilize the national forests; and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may, in his discretion, permit timber and other forest products cut or removetl 
from the national forests to be exported from the State or Territory in which 
said forests are respectively situated ; to transport and care for fish and game 
supplied to stock the national forests or the waters therein; to employ agents, 
clerks, assistants, and other labor required in practical forestry and in the 
administration of national forests in the city of Washington and elsewhere; to 
collate, digest, report, and illustraate the results of experiments and investiga- 
tions made by the Forest Service; to purchase necessary supplies, apparatus, 
and office fixtures, and technical books and technical .iournals for officers of the 
Forest Service stationed outside of Washington, and for medical supplies and 
services and other assistance necessary for immediate relief of artisans, 
laborers, and other employees engaged in any hazardous work under the Forest 
Service; to pay freight, express, telephone, and telegraph charges; for electric 
light and power, fuel, gas, ice, washing towels, and official traveling and other 
necessary expenses, including traveling expenses for legal and fiscal officers 
while performing Forest Service work ; and for rent outside of the District of 
Columbia, as follows : 

For salaries and field and station expenses, including the maintenance of 
nurseries, collecting seed, and planting necessary for the use, maintenance, 
improvement, and protection of the national forests named below : 

Absaroka National Forest, Montana. $6,703; 

Angeles National Forest, California, $11,926; 

Apache National Forest, Arizona, $8,079; 

Arapahoe National Forest, Colorado, $5.736 ; 

Arkansas National Forest, Arkansas, $10,730; 

Ashley National Forest, Utah and Wyoming. $3,865; 

Battlement National Forest, Colorado, $4,916; 

Beartooth National Fore.st, Montana, $4,313; 

Beaverhead National Forest, Montana and Idaho, $5,296; 

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Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming, $6,937; 
Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, $10,367; 
Blackfeet National Forest, Montana, $12,969 ; 
Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota. $12,668 ; 
Boise National Forest, Idaho. .$5,247 ; 
Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, .$3,159; 
Cal)inet National Forest, Montana, .$9.133 ; 
Cache National Fore.st. Utah and Idaho, .$2,207 ; 
California National Forest, California, .$15,028; 
Caribou National Forest, Idaho and Wyoming. $6,403; 
Carson National Forest, New Mexico. .$9,302; 
Cascade National Forest, Oregon, $7,835 ; 
Chains National Fore.st, Idaho, $3,668; 
Chelan National Forest, Washington, $6,260; 
Chugach National Forest, Alaska, $7,938; 
Clearwater National Forest, Idaho. $12,665 ; 
Cleveland National Forest, California, ,$8,433; 
Cochetopa National Forest, Colorado, $5,931; 
Coconino National Forest, Arizona, $16308; 
Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Idaho, $36.717 ; 
Colorado National Forest, Colorado, $3,959; 
Columbia National Forest, Washington. $9,758 ; 
Colville National Forest, Washington. $6,883 ; 
Coronado National Forest, Arizona, .$9,044; 
Crater National Forest, Oregon and California, $19.288 ; 
Crook National Forest, Arizona, .$3,735; 
Custer National Forest, Montana, $2,830 ; 
Datil National Forest, New Mexico. $11,009; 
Deerlodge National Forest, Montana. $19,813 ; 
Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, $10,175; 

Dixie National Forest. Utah and Arizona, $1,596: 

Duraiigo National Forest, Colorado, .$4,964: 

Eldorado National Forest. California and Nevada. $10,238; 

Fillmore National Forest. Utah, .$4,987: 

Fishlake National Forest. Utah. $2,320: 

Flathead National Forest, :Montana, $25,90<^ ; 

Florida National Forest. Florida. .S4,927 : 

Fremont National Forest, Oregon, .$5,427: 

(Jallatin National Fore.st, :Montana. ,$4,810: 

<;ila National Forest, New Mexico, .$8,907: 

(Juimison National Forest, Colorado, $5,371: 

Harney National Forest, South Dakota. $6,535: 

Hayden National Forest. Wyoming and Colorado. $5,868; 

Helena National Forei^t. :\Iontana. .$4,012 : 

Holy Cross National Forest. Col-trado, .$6,394: 

ITinnholdt Nation.il Forest. Nevada, .$5,780: 

Idalio National Forest. Idaho. .$11,.5S5: 

Inyo National Forest. California and Nevada, .$3,076: 

.Tefferson National Forest. Montana, $5,064; 

Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, $2,708; 

Kaniksn National Forest. Idaho and Washington. $25,146: 

Klamath National Forest, California. .$20,249; 

Kootenai National Forest. Montana. $17,861; 

La Sal National Forest. Utah and Colorado, $2,754 : 



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Lassen National Forest, California, $14,181 ; 
Leadville National Forest, Colorado, $5,524; 
Lemhi National Forest. Idaho, $2,490 ; 
Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana, $5,915; 
Lincoln National Forest, New ilexico, $9,984; 
Lolo National Forest, Montana. $11,939 ; 
I>uquill(» National Forest, Porto Rico, $1,700; 
Madison National Forest, Montana, $3,930; 
Malheur National Forest. Orejjon. $6,091 ; 
Manti National Forest, Utah, $5,090 ; 
Manzano National Forest, New Mexico, $5,860 ; 
Medicine Bo\\ National Forest. W.voniing, $6,450; 
Michijran National Forest. Michigan, $1,981 ; 
Minani National Forest. Oregon. $6,476; 
Minidoka National Forest, Idaho and Utah. $4,709; 
Minnesota National Forest, Minnesota, $2,970; 
Missoula National Forest, Montana, $9,380; 
Modoc National Forest, California, $7.388 ; 
Mono National Forest, Nevada and California, $1,647 ; 
Monterey National Forest, California, $3,547 ; 
Montezuma National Forest, ( 'olorado. $4.670 : 

Nebraska National Fore.st, Nebraska, $1,165: and to extend the work to the 
Niobrara division thereof, $5,000: Provided That from the nurseries on said 
forest the Secretary of Agriculture, vuuler such rules and regulations as he 
may prescribe, may furnish young trees free, so far as they may be spared, to 
residents of the territory covered by '•An Act increasing the area of homesteads 
in a iiortion of Nebraska." approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and 
four: Provided further. That the cost of any building erected at the nurseries 
on the Nebraska National Forest may amount to but shall not exceed $1,000, 
$6.165 ; 

Nevada National Forest. Nevada. $2,249: 
Nez Perce National Forest. Idaho. $12,620; 

Ochoco National Forest. Oregon. $0.451 ; 

Okanogan National Forest, Washington, $8,964; 

Olymiiic National Forest, Washington. $16,598; 

Oregon National Forest. Oregon. $16,009: 

Ozark National Forest. Arkansas. $9,030; 

Payette National Forest. Idaho, $8,537 • 

Pend Oreille National Forest, Idaho, $12,020; 

Pike National Forest. Colora«lo, $13,373; 

Plumas National Forest. California. $19,803; 

Powell National Forest, Utah, $1,010: 

Prescott National Forest. Arizona. $6,255; 

Kanier National Forest. Washington. .S13.035; 

Hio Oraiide National F(»rest. Colorado. $7,157: 

Routt National Fore.st. Colorado, .$6,585; 

Saint Joe Natitmal Forest, Idaho. $15,830; 

Salmon National Forest. Idaho. .$5,377; 

San Isabel National Forest. Colorado. $3,924; 

San Juan National Forest, Colorado, $5,.534 ; 

Santa Barbara National Forest. California. $9,774 ; 

Santa Fe National Fore.st. New :Mexico, $14,673. 

Santiam National Forest. Oregon. $7,852: 

Sawtooth National Fore.st, Idaho, $4,953; 



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Sehvay Niiticinal Forest, Idalio. $17,112; 

Sequoia National Forest. (*aliforiila. $i;5.T44; 

Sevier National Forest, Utah. 82.110; 

Shasta National Forest, California, $17,425; 

Shoslione National Forest. Wyoniin'j:. ,$7,381; 

Sierra National Forest. California, $15,750; 

Sioux National Forest. South Dakota and Montana. .$2,040; 

Siskiyou National F<n-est. Oregon ami California. $12,600; 

Sitfrreaves National F"'orest, Arizona, $8,341 ; 

Siuslaw National Forest, Orejion, $6,042: 

Snoqualniie National Forest, Washinjiton. $12,366; 

Sopris National Forest. Colorado. $5,411 ; 

Stiinislaus National Forest. California. $14,697; 

Superior National Forest, Minnesota, $9,809; 

Tahoe National Forest, California and Nevada, $16,337 ; 

Tarfrliee National Forest. Idaho and Wyoming, $9,558; 

Teton National Forest, Wyoming, $4.404 ; 

Toiyalie National Forest, Nevada. $3,694; 

Tongass National Forest. Alaska. $15,224; 

Tonto National Forest, Arizona, .$6.972 ; 

Trinity National Forest. California. $19,484; 

Tusayan National Forest, Arizona. $12,904 ; 

Uintah National Forest, Utah. $4,555; 

Umatilla National Forest, Oregon. $6,502; 

I'mpqua National Forest, Oregon, $10,109; 

Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, $6,690; 

Wallowa National Forest, Oregon, $9,617; 

Wa.satch National Forest. Utah, $5,000; 

Washakie National .Forest, Wyoming, .$6.726 ; 

Wa.shington National Forest, Washington, .$7.642 ; 

Weiser National Forest. Idaho. .$6,493; 

Wenaha National Forest, Washington and Oregon. $5,420; 

Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. .$11,884; 

White Kiver National Forest, Colorado. $6,272; 

Whitman National Forest, Oregon, $17,425 ; 

Wichita National Forest. Oklahoma, .$2,416; 

Wyoming National Forest, Wyoming, .$5,089; 

Additional national forests created or to be created under section eleven 
of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes 
at Large, jiage nine hundred and sixty-three), and lands under contract for 
purchase or for the acquisition of which condenmation proceedings have been 
instituted for the purposes of said Act. .$05,200; 

For necessary miscellaneous expen.ses incident to the general administration 
of the F^trest Service and of the national forests specified above : 

In National Forest District One. .$01,700; 

In Natiomd Forest District Two, $47,800; 

In National Forest District Three, .$.55,200; 

In National Forest District Four. .$49..500 ; 
In National Forest District Five. .$09,740; 
In National Forest District Six, .$00,800; 

In National Forest District Seven, $14,900; 

In the District of Columbia, $122.8.50; 

In all. for the use, maintenance, improvement, protection, and general 
admiaistraliou of the specified national forests, $1,803,127: Provided, That 



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the forejroing: amounts approiniated for such purposes shall tie available iiiter- 
chanseably in the discretion of the Secretary of Ajiriculture for the necessary 
expenditures for tire protection and other unforeseen exigencies : Proriilcd 
fiirf/irr. That the amounts so interclianjied shall not exceed in the affjrrejrate 
ten per centum of all the amounts so appropriated ; 

For the selection, classification, and se^n-efiation of lands within the bounda- 
ries of national forests that lUiiy be opened to homestead .settlement and entry 
under the homestead laws applicable to the national forests, and for the ex- 
amination and appraisal of lands in effecting exchanges authorized by law, 
$70.100 : 

For the .survey and iilatting of certain lands, chiefly valuable for agriculture, 
now listed or to be listed within the national forests, under the Act of .Tune 
eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes. i)age two hundred 
and thirty-three), and the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
nine (Thirtieth Statutes, page one thousand and ninety-tive). as provided by 
the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. .$49,700: Provided. 
That any unexpended balance of an ai»propriation of .$69,300 to be exjiended 
'• for the survey and platting of certain lands, chiefly valuable for agricul- 
ture," and so forth, provided by the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and 
seventeen, entitled "An Ad making appropriations for the Department of 
Agriculture for the tiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
eighteen." be, and the .same is hereby, continued and made available for and 
(luring the tiscal year ending .June thirtieth, nineteen Innidred and nineteen, 
for the i)urpose of this appropriation : 

For tigliting and itreventing forest (ires and for othei- unlnreseen emer- 
gencies, .$150,000 ; 

For the purchase and maintenance of necessary tield. nthce. and lalioratory 
supplies, instruments, and equipments. $161,100: 

For investigations of methods for wood distillation and for the preservative 
treatment of timber, for timber testing, and the testing of such woods as may 
require test to ascertain if they be suitable for making i)aper, for investigations 
and tests within the United States of foreign woods of commercial importance 
to industries in the United States, and for other Investigations and experi- 
ments to promote economy in the use of forest products, and for commercial 
demonstrations of improved methods or processes, in cooi)eration with indi- 
viduals and companies. $173,260: 

For experiments and investigations of range conditions within national 
forests or elsewhere on the public i-ange. and of methods for improving the 
range by reseeding, regulation of gi-azing. and other means. $3.'">.000 ; 

For the purchase of tree seed, cones, and nursery stock, for seeding and 
tree planting within national forests, and for experiments and investigations 
necessary for such seeding and tree planting, $145,640 ; 

For silvicultural. dendrological, and other experiments and investigations 
Independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal (hivern- 
ment, with States and with individuals, to determine the best methods fur the 
conservative management of foi-ests and forest hunls, $78,728 : 

For estimating and appraising timber and otlier resources on the national 
forests prelinnnary to disposal by sale or to the issue of occupancy pciMuits, 
and for emergency expenses incident t<» their sale or use. $1(K».(KM»: 

For other miscellaneous forest investigations, and for collating, digesting, 
recording, illustrating, and distributing the results of (he exiterimt'ius and 
investigations herein provided for, .$31,280; 

For the construction and maintenance of roads, trails, bridges, tire lanes, 
telephone lines, cabins, fence.s. and (tther improvements necessary lor the 



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proper and erononiical administration, protection, and developineiu of the 
national forests. .$4.')(),0(J() : I'roridcd. That not to exceed S.Kt.OOO may be 
expended for the construction and maintenance of boundary and ranjie division 
fences, counting corrals, stock driveways and bridges, the develoi)ment of 
stock watering places, and the eradication of poisonous plants on the national 
forests: And provided further. That no part (if the money herein appropriated 
shall be used to pay the transportation or traveling expenses of any forest 
officer or agent except he be traveling on business directly connected with the 
Forest Service and in furtherance of the works, aims, and objects specified 
and authorized in and by this appropriation: And provided aixo. That no part 
of this appro](i-iation shall lu» paid or used for the purpose of paying for, in 
whole or in part, the preparation or publication of any newspaper or magazine 
article, but this sh.-ill not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimi- 
nation, including newspaper and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts 
or official information of value to the public; 

In all. for general expenses, $3,247,935. 

That hei'eafter during the existing state of war, the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture is authorized, under regulations to be prescribed by him, to penult the 
War Department, or any other Department, Board, or Commission, of the 
(Tovernment, to take from the national forests such timber as may be needed 
in the i)r()secntit)n of the war, and the Secretaries of the Departments. Boards, 
fir the Coimnissions which may obtain such timber, are severally authorized 
to sell, or otherwise dispose of, any timber necessarily cut in carrying out the 
provisions of this paragraph and any materials manufactured therefrom which 
are not necessary for war purposes. 

Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and nineteen, the Secretary of Agriculture shall find that the expenses of travel 
can be reduced thereby, he may, in lieu of actual traveling expenses, under 
such regulations as he may prescribe, authorize the payment of not to exceed 
2 cents per mile for a motorcycle or 6 cents per mile for an automobile, used 
for necessary travel on official business : Provided, That there shall be no 
payment of mileage for the use or travel of motorcycle or automobile furnished 
or owned by or maintained by the Government of the United States. 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture more effectively to carry out the 
provisions of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth 
Statutes, page nine hundred and sixty-one), entitled "An Act to enable any 
State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States for 
the protection of watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission 
for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of 
navigable rivers," $21,770 of the moneys appropriated therein, or for carrying 
out its purposes, shall be available for the employment of agents, title attorneys, 
clerks, assistants, and other labor and for the purchase of supplies and equip- 
ment required for the purpose of said Act in the city of Washington. 

Total for Forest Service. !t;5,731,55o. 

BURE.\U OF CHKMISTRY. 

Salaries, Bureax; of Chemistry : One chemist, who shall be chief of bureau, 
$5,000; one chief clerk. $2,500; three executive clerks, at $2,000 each; ten 
clerks, class four; thirteen clerks, class three; two clerks, at $1,440 each; 
nineteen clerks, class two; one clerk, $1,300; sixty-six clerks, class one; one 
clerk, $1,100; thirteen clerks, at $1,020 each; fifteen clerks, at $1,000 each; 
one clerk, $900; twelve clerks, at $900 each; two food and drug inspectors, at 
$2,500 each ; two food and drug inspectors, at $2,250 each ; one food and drug 
inspector, $2,120 ; thirteen food and drug inspectors, at $2,000 each ; thirteen 



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food and drug inpectors, at $1,800 each; one /ood and drug inspector. .$1.(!20; 
eleven food and drug inspectors, at $1,600 each; ten food and drug inspectors, 
at $1,400 each; one assistant, $1,600; four lahoratory helpers, at $1,200 each; 
one lahoratory helper. $1,020; four lahoratory helpers, at .«L(X>0 each; four 
laboratory helpers, at $900 each; tiiree lahoratory helpers, at $000 each; seven 
laboratory helpers, at $840 each ; two laboratory helpers, at $780 each ; twenty- 
four laboratory helpers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $720 each ; two lalxtra- 
tory helpers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $660 each ; thirty-four laitoratory 
helpers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $600 each; one laboratory assistant, 
$1,200; one toolmaker, $1,200; three samplers, at $1,200 each; one janitor, 
$1,020 ; one mechanic. $1,800 ; two mechanics, at $1,400 each ; one mechanic, 
$1,200; one mechanic, $1,020; one mechanic, $960; one mechanic, .$900; two 
student assistants, at $300 each; two messengers, at .y.s40 each; one skilled 
laborer, $1,050; one skilled laborer, $840; three messenger boys or laborers, 
at $540 each; thirteen messenger boys or laborers, at $480 each; three mes- 
senger boys or laborers, at $420 each; two messenger hoys or laborers, at $360 
each ; nine charwomen, at $240 each ; in all, $393,910. 

General expenses, Bureau of Chemistry: For all necessary expense^, for 
chemical apparatus, chemicals and supplies, repairs to apparatus, gas. electric 
current, official traveling expenses, telegraph and telephone service, express and 
freight charges, for the employment of such assistants, clerks, and other iter- 
sons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary for the imrposes 
named, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in conducting investigations, 
collecting, reporting, and illustrating the resvdts of such investigations; and 
for rent outside of the District of Columbia, for carrying out the investiga- 
tions and work herein authorized, as follows ; 

For conducting the investigations contemplated by the Act of May tifteentn, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-two. relating to the application of chemistry to agri- 
culture, $42,400; 

For collaboration with other departments of the Governuicnt desiring chemi- 
cal investigations and whose heads request the Secretary of Agriculture for 
such assistance, and for other miscellaneous work, $14,000; 

For investigating the character of the chemical and physical tests which are 
applied to American food products in foreign countries, and for inspecting 
the same before shipment when desired by the shippers or ownei-s of these 
products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are rei|uired 
befoi-e the said products .ire allowed to he sold therein; and for all necessary 
expenses in connection with such inspection and studies of methods of analysis 
in foreign countries, $4,280 ; 

For investigating the preparation for markcl. liandlin^. grailing, itackiiig, 
freezing, drying, storing, tran.sportation, and preservation of jioultry and eggs, 
and for experimental shipments of poultry and eggs witliin the United States, 
in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets and the Bureau of Animal In- 
dustry, $40,000 ; 

For investigating the handling, grailing. packing, raiinin-. freezing, siorini.', 
and transportation of flsh, and loi' experimental shipiiieiils of tish. for liie 
utilization of waste products, and I he development of new sources of food, 
$14,000 ; 

For investigating the packing, handling, storing, and shipping <»f oysters 
and other shellfish in the United States an<l the waters bordering on the 
United States. $5,000 ; 

For the biological investigation of food and drug lu-oducts and substances 
used in the manufacture thereof, including investigations of the i)hysiological 
effects of .such products on the human organism, $15,000; 



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For the study ami iiiiproveinent of metliods of utiliziiij: l).v-pro(hicts of citrus 
fruits: !iu(l tiie i u vest i^rat ion and deveiopuieut of nietiiods for determining 
maturity in fruits and vefietal)les, in cooijeration with the P>ureau of IMant 
Industry and the P.ureau of Ararl<ets, $13,(MM): 

For investijrati(»n and experiment in the utilization, for cohirinf.' puri»oses. 
of raw materials ;:rown or produced in the United States, in cooperation with 
such jiersons. associations, or corporations as may he found necessar\. includ- 
ing; repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions \,, a huildinu on the, 
Arlington Experimental Farm. ;r;70.720 : 

For the investigation and develoi)ineiit of methods for the manufacture of 
tahle sirup, $7,000: 

F(n- enahling the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the pr()visions 
of the Act of .Itiiie thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act for 
preventing the manufacture, sale, or tran.sportation of adulterated, or mis- 
branded, or poii^onous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and li(iuors, and 
for regulating trattic therein, and for other purposes," in the city of Washing- 
ton and elsewhere, including chemical apparatus, chemicals and supplies, re- 
l)aiis to apiiaratus. gas, electric current, official traveling expenses, telegraph 
and telephone service, express and freight charges, and all otlier expenses, 
employing such assistants, clerks and other i»ersons as may Ije considered neces- 
.sary for the purposes named, and rent outside of the District of Columbia ; 
and to cooperate with associatitms and scientific societies in the revision of 
the United StJites Pharmacopoeia and develoi)ment of methods of analysis, 
$589,081 ; 

Hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury may detail medical olticers of the 
Public Health Service to the Department of Agriculture for cooperative assist- 
ance in tlie adnnnistration of the food and drugs Act approved June tliirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and six, and amended August twenty-third, nineteen hundred 
and twelve, and the compensation and ex])enses of the officers so detailed may 
be jtaid from the app!i<'ahle approjiriations made herein for enfoi;cement of 
said Act. 

For investigating the grading, weighing, handling, transportation and uses 
of naval stores, the preparation of definite type samples tliereof. and for the 
demonstration of improved methods or pnK'esses of preparing naval stores 
in cooperation with individuals and companies, including the employment of 
necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere. $10,000; 

For the investigation and development of methods of manufacturing insecti- 
cides and fungici<les. and for investigating chenncal jn-ohlems rehiting to the 
composition, action, and application of insecticides and fungicides. $2.").0(M>: 

In all. for general expenses. .$849,481. 

Total for Bureau of Uhemistry. $1,248,391. 

HfRKAf OF SOILS. 

Sai.auiks. Rx-REAf OF Soii.s : One .soil physicist, wlio shall be chief of bu- 
reau. $4,000; one chief clerk. $2,000; one executive assistant. $2,000; four 
clerks, cla.ss four; two clerks, class three; five clerks, cla.ss two; one clerk. 
$1.2(!0: ten clerks, class one: seven clerks, at $1,000 each; one soil cartographer. 
$1.8(M); one chief draftsman, $l.(i(M»: one soil bibliographer or draftsman. $1,400; 
one photographer. $1,2(K): five draftsmen, at $1,200 each: one clerk-draftsman. 
$1,200; two draftsmen, at $1.(KX) each: one laboratory helper. $1,000; three 
laboratory helpers, at $840 each; one machinist. $1,440; one machinist, $1,380; 
one instrument maker. $1,200; one niachiiust's helper, .$900; one me.ssenger. 
$840: three messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $480 each; three 
laborers, at .$0(K) each: one laborer. .$300; one charwoman or laborer, .$480; in 
all, 74,160. 



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Gkneral expenses, Bureau of Soils : For all necessary expenses connected 
with the investigations and experiments hereinafter jiuthorized. including the 
employment of investigators, local and special agents, assistants, experts, clerks, 
draftsmen, and labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere ; official traveling 
expenses, materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, repairs to apparatus, chem- 
icals, furniture, office fixtures, stationery, gas. electric current, telegraph and 
telephone service, express and freight charges, rent outside the District of 
Columbia, and for all other necessary supplies and expenses, as follows : 

For chemical investigations of soil types, soil composition and soil minerals, 
the soil solution, solubility of soil and all chemical properties of soils in their 
relation to soil formation, soil texture, and .soil productivity, including all rou- 
tine chemical work in connection with the soil survey. $2r),610: 

For physical investigations of the important properties of soil which deter- 
mine productivity, such as moisture relations, aerations, heat conductivity, 
texture, and other physical investigations of the various soil classes and soil 
types, $12,225; 

For exploration and investigation within the United States to determine 
liossible sources of supply of potash, nitrates, and other natural fertilizers, 
,$31,340; 

For the investigation of soils, in cooperation with other branches of the 
Deitartment of Agriculture, other departments of the Government, State agri- 
cultural experiment stations, and other State institutions, and for indicating 
upon maps and plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations. 
$198,200 ; 

For the examination and classification of agricultural lands in forest reserves, 
iu cooperation with the Forest Service, $18,100; 

For the investigation and demonstration within the United States to deter- 
mine the best method of obtaining potash on a commercial .scale. $127,600: 
J'rovided, That the product obtained from such experimentation may be sold 
at a price to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the amount 
obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury as miscel- 
laneous receipts ; 

For general administrative expenses connected with the above mentioned 
lines of investigation, $4,000; 

In all, for general expenses, $417,075. 

Total for Bureau of Soils, $491,235. 

BiKEAU OK EXTOMOI.OGV. 

Salaries. Btheau ok Entomology: One entomologist, who shall be chief of 
bureau. $4,500: one chief clerk and executive assistant. .S2.2.")(); one adminis- 
trative assistant. $2,250; one editor. $2,250: one financial clerk. $1.8(H); four 
clerks, class four ; six clerks, class three: twelve clerks, class two; fourteen 
<lerks, class one; eight clerks, at $1,(M)0 each: five clerks, at $9(M> each; two 
<lei-ks. at $840 each; two entomological draftsmen, at $1,400 each: one enti>mo- 
logical draftsman, $1,080; four foremen, at $1,080 each: one entomological 
IH-eparator, $1,000: four entomological preparators, at $840 each: eight ento- 
mological preparators. at $720 each; seven entomological i)reparat(»rs. at $()00 
•■ach: two messengers or laborers, at $9<K) each: one messenger or laborer. $840: 
three messengers or laborers, at $720 each: six messiMigcr boys, at $480 each: 
one messenger boy. $300: one mechanic. $1,080; one mechanic. .$900; one ni»>- 
<-hanic, $840; ime gardener. $000; one laborer, $600: one laborer. $540; one 
lab(»rer. $480: one laborer. $420: two charwomen, at $480 each: three char- 
women, at $240 each ; in all. $115,330. 

(iENERAL EXPENSES. BuKEAU OK Ento.molooy : For tlic prouioliou of t'conomic 
entomology; for investigating the history and the habits of insects injurious 



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and beneticial to agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, aiul the study of insects 
affecting tlie health of man and domestic animals, and e.scertainiufr the best 
means of destro.vinji those found to be injurious; for collating, digesting, 
reporting, and illustrating the re.sults of such investigations; for salaries and 
the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside 
of the District of Columbia, freight, express charges, official traveling expense.s| 
office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas. and 
electric current, in connection with tlie following investigations : 

For investigations of in.sects affecting deciduous fruits, orchards, vineyards, 
and nuts. $93,380: Provided, That .$9,600 of said sum shall be available for the 
investigation of insects affecting the pecan and method of control of same : 

For investigations of insects affecting cereal and forage crops, including a 
special investigation of the Hessian fly and the chinch bug, $122,060; 

For investigations of insects affecting southern field crops, including insects 
affecting cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and so forth, and the cigarette 
beetle and Argentine ant, $89,400 ; 

For investigations of in.sects affecting forests, $49,870; 

For investigations of insects affecting truck crops, including inst'cts aft'ectiag 
the potato, sugar beet, cabbage, onion, tomato, beans, peas, and so forth, and 
insects affecting stored products, $67,760; 

For investigations and demonstrations in bee culture. $35,000 ; 

For investigations of insects affecting tropical and subtropical fruits, includ- 
ing insects affecting the orange, lemon, grapefruit, mango, and so foi-th, $16..">(KI ; 

For investigations and control, in cooperation with the Federal Horticultural 
Board, of the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, $32.000 ; 

For investigations, identification, and systematic classification of miscella- 
neous in.sects, including the study of insects affecting the health of man and 
domestc animals, household insects, and the importation and excliange of useful 
insects, $52,330; 

For general administrative expenses connected with above lines of investiga- 
tion, and for miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, $9.000 ; 

In all, for general expenses. $567,300. 

Preventing spread of moths. Bureau of Entomology : To enable the Sec- 
retary of Agricidture to meet the emergency caused by the continued spread 
of the gypsy and brown tail moths by conducting such experiments as may be 
necessary to determine the best methods of controlling these insects ; by intro- 
ducing and estal)lishing the parasites and natural enemies of these insects and 
colonizing them within the infested territory; by establishing and maintaining 
a quarantine against further spread in such manner as is provided by the 
general nursery-stock law. approved August twentieth, luneteen hundred and 
twelve, as amended, entitled " An Act to regulate the importation of nursery 
stock and other idants and plant products, to enable the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture to establish and maintain quarantine districts for plant diseases and insect 
pests, to permit and regulate the movement of fruits, plants, and vegetables 
therefrom, ami for other purposes," in cooperation with the authorities of the 
different States concerned and with the several State experiment stations, 
including rent outside of the District of Columbia, the employment of labor 
in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and all other necessary expenses. 
$304,050. 

Total for Bureau of Enotomology, $986,680. 

BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

Salaries. Bureau of Biological Survey : One biologist, who shall be chief 
of bureau, $3,500; one chief clerk and executive assistant, $1,800; one admin- 
istrative a.ssistant. $2,250; one executive assistant, $1,800; one financial clerk, 



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.$1.G0(); three clerks, class three ; five clerks, class two; one clerk, $1,260; six 
clerks, class one; one clerk, $1,080; three clerks, at $1,000 each; four clerks, 
at $900 each; one clerk. $840; one clerk. $720; one preparator, $1,200; one 
preparator. $900; one niesst^ijier, $720; one ph<)t(),s,'rai)her. $1.:^(K); one same 
warden, $1,200; two messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $480 each; 
one messenger hoy. $ot50; T)iie biborer. $000: two chiirwomen, at $240 each; in 
all, $48,170. 

Gkxeral expknsks. Bureau of Biological Survey : For salaries and em- 
ployment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, 
traveling, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations and 
carrying out the work of the bureau, as follows : 

For the enforcement of sections two hundred and forty-one, two hundred 
and forty-two. two hundred and forty-three, and two hundred and forty-four 
of the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled " An 
Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the Ignited States," and 
for the enforcement of section one of the Act approved May twenty-fifth, 
nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to enlarge the powers of the Department 
of Agriculture, pi'ohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game 
killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes." including all neces- 
sary investigations in connection therewith. $22,000; 

For the maintenance of the Montana National Bison Range and other 
reservations and for the maintenance of game introduced into suitable locali- 
ties on public lands, under supervision of the Biological Survey, including con- 
struction of fencing, wardens" quarters, shelters for animals, landings, roads, 
trails, bridges, ditches, telephone lines, rockwork, bulkheads, and other improve- 
ments necessary for the economical administration and protection of the reser- 
vations, and for the enfoi'cement of section eighty-four of the Act approved 
March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An Act to codify, revise, 
and amend the penal laws of the United States." $35,000, of which sum $2,500 
may be used for the purchase, capture, and transportation of game for national 
reservations ; 

For investigating the food habits of North American birds and mammals 
in relation to agi'iculture, horticulture, and forestry, including experiments 
and demonstrations in destroying wolves, coyotes, prairie dogs, and other 
animals injurious to agriculture and animal husbandry, and for investigations 
and experiments in connection with rearing of fur-bearing aimals, including 
mink and marten, $394,820: Provided, That of this sum $15,000 shall be used 
for the destruction of ground squirrels on the national forests, and other 
]iublic lands :\4«rf provided also. That of this sum not less than $125,000 shall 
be used on the national forests and the public domain in destroying wolves, 
coyotes, and other animals injurious to agriculture, animal husbandry, and 
wild game: And provided further. That of this sum not more than $125,000 
shall be used on the public lands, national forests, and elsewhere in the 
Western and Northwestern States for the protection of stock and other domestic 
animals through the suppression of rabies by the destruction of wolves, 
coyotes, and other predatory wild animals; 

For biological investigations, including the relations, lialiits, geograjihic dis- 
tribution, and migrations of animals and plants, and the preparation of maps 
of the life zones, $25,600 ; 

For all necessary expenses for enforcing the provisions of the Act approved 
March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (Thirty-seventh Statutes at 
Large, pages eight hundred and forty-seven and eight hundred and forty-eight), 
relating to the protection of migratory game and insectivorous birds, and any 
Act of Congress to give effect to the treaty with Great Britain relating to 



28 VETO OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

iiiiKratniy liirds, ami fur <-(toi)eration witli local authorities in the protection of 
migratory hirds. and for necessary invest if^ations connected therewith, i^.lO.OOO ; 

For ;:eneiiil administrative expenses connected with the above-mentioned 
lines of work, including cooperation with other Federal bureaus, departments, 
hoards, and commissions, on reciuest from them, $10,760; 

In all. for ;reneral expenses, .$5:^8.180. 

Total lur Bureau of Biolojrical Survey. .$ri86.3r)0. 

DIVISION OF ArCOrXTS AM) DISIUltSK.MKNTS. 

Sai.aiui.s. r>i\isi()x OK AccoiNTs AM) DisiuitsKMENTs : One chief of division 
and disbursing' clerk. .S4.(M)0: oin' supervising auditor, !i;2,2o0 ; one casiiier and 
diief clerk. .$2.2.")0 : one deputy disbursinp: clerk. .$2,000; one accountant aud 
bookkeeper, .$2.(KM»; two clerks, chiss four; four clerlvS, class three; six clerks, 
<'lass two: five clerks, da.ss one; four clerks, at .$1,000 each; three cle-rks, at 
^900 each : one messenger, .$720; one messenger or messenger boy, .$600. 

Total for Divisicn of Accounts and Disbursements, $44,920. 

DIVISION OF PVBUCATIONH. 

Salaries. Division ok Publications: One chief of division, .$3..500; one 
Assistant chief of division. ,$2,500; one chief clerk, .$2.0(K); one assistant, .$2,000; 
one assistant. .$1,400; one assistant in charge of indexing. $2,000; one indexer, 
$1.4(H1: one assistant in charge of illustrations, $2,100; two' draftsmen or 
l)hotographers, at $1,600 each: two draftsmen or photographers, at $1,500 
each : three draftsmen or photographers, at $1,400 eiich ; one draftsman or 
l»h()tographer. $1,800; ten draftsmen or photographers, at .$1,200 eacli ; one 
iissistant pliotographer, .$900; one lantern .slide colorist, .$840; one laboratory 
aid, .$720; one assistant in charge of document section. .$2,000; one assistant 
in document section. $1,8(X); one assistant in document section, $1,400; one 
foreman miscellaneous distribution, $1,500; one clerk, class three; one clerk, 
class two; eleven clerks, class one; sixteen clerks, jit $1,000 each; forty clerks, 
at $900 each ; twenty-one clerks, at .$840 each ; two skilled laborers, at .$900 
each; seven skilled laborers, at .$840 each; four skilled laborers, at $780 each; 
one chief folder, $1,2(K>; twfiity skilled laborers, messengers, or messenger 
hoys, at $720 each; one skilled laborer, .$720; one folder. $1,000; two folders, 
at $9m) each; two skilletl laborers, at $1,100 each: one skilled laborer, $1,000; 
two niessengei-s, at $840 each ; three messengers or messenger boys, at .$600 
each: two incsstMigci-s oi- iiiessciiger boys, at $480 each; two messengers or 
messenger boys, at .'>42() each; two messengers or messenger boys, at $360 
each: one laborer, .$840; two laborers, at .$6(X) each: three charwomen, at .$480 
<>ach ; three charwomen, -at $240 each ; in all. $178,920. 

Oknkral kxhknsks. Division ok IMhlications : For miscellaneous olijects of 
expenditure in connection with the publication, indexing, illustration, and dis- 
tribution of bulletins, documents, and reports, as follows: 

P\)r labor-saving machinery, including necessary supplies, $3,.500 ; 

For envelopes, stationery, and materials, .$7,.50O; 

I'"'or oHice furniture and fixtures, $1,320: 

F<'or i)hotograithic eciuipnient and for photograi)hic materials and artists' 
tools and supplies, $17.<KM): I'rovidal. That the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized, under such rules and regulations and subject to such conditions as 
he may )trescribe, to loan, rent, or sell copies of films: Proridvd, That in the 
sale or rental of films tMlucational institutions or as.sociations for agricultural 
education not organized for profit shall have preference: all moneys received 
from such rentals or sales to be covered into the Treasury of the I'nited States 
as niiscellaiieous receipts: 



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For teleplione and telegraph service ami freight and express charges, $500: 

For wagons, motor trucks, bic.vdes. horses, harness, and maintenance of the 
same, $500; 

For purcliase of manuscripts, traveling exjienses. electrntyi)es. illustrations, 
and other expenses not otherwise provided for, $3,<XK); 

For extra hilior and emergenc.v employments in the I)isti-i<t of Columbia, 
$2,5(K) : 

In all, for general expenses. $35,8i:0. 

Total tor Division of Publications. $214,740. 

lUKK.W OF CUOl' KSTl MATES. 

Sai.auies, Bureat- oi- Crop Estimates: One statistician, who shall be chief 
of bureau. $4.0(X) : one chief clerk. $1,800; six clerks, class four; nine clerks, 
class three; fifteen clerks, class two; one clerk, $1,300; twenty-four clerks, 
class one ; nineteen clerks, at $1,000 each ; twenty-four clerks, at $9(X) each ; 
three messengers, at $840 each ; three messeiigers or laborers, at $72(t each ; two 
messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, iit $060 each ; one mes.senger, messen- 
ger i)oy, or laborer. $480; one charwoman, messenger, or laborer, $540; two 
charwomen, messenger boys, or laborers, at $360 each; in all, $130,440. 

General expejjses. Bureau of Crop Estimates: For all necessary exi)enses 
for collecting, compiling, abstracting, analyzing, summarizing, and interpreting 
data relating to agriculture; for making and publishing jieriodically cro]) and 
live-stock estimates, including acreage, yield, and value of tariii i)roducts. as 
follows: 

Salaries and emiiloymeiit of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, 
supplies, telegraph and telephone service, freight and express charges, and all 
other necessary miscellaneous admiinstrative expenses. $24,230 ; 

Salaries, travel, and other necessary expenses of employees out uf the ciiy 
of Washington engaged iu field investigations. $191,562; 

In all, for general expenses. $215,792. 

Total for Bureau of CJrop Estimates, $346,232. 

LIBRARY. DEPARTMEXT OF A(a!l( Il.Tl'UK. 

Salaries, Library. L^epartment of Agrict'lti-re: (^ne librarian, $2.<mh»: one 
clerk, class three; one clerk, class two; five clerks, cla.ss one; three clerks, at 
$1,080 each; three clerks, at $1,020 each: four clerks, at $1,000 each: six clerks, 
at $900 each; one clerk. $S40; one junior lii)iary assistant, messenger, or mes- 
senger boy. $720; one junior library assistant or messenger boy. $(>(5(»; three 
junior library assistants or messenger boys, at $600 each : one messenger, 
messenger boy, or laborer. $480; two charwomen, ;it $480 each : in all. .^.'VJ.IOO. 

Hexp^ral expenses. Library : For books of reference, technical and scientific 
books, papers and periodicals, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect 
series; for the employment of additional assi.stiints in the city of Washington 
and elsewhere; for ofticial traveling expenses, aixl for library fixtures, libi-ary 
cards, supplies, and for all other necessary exiu'iises, $lS.(tOO. 

Total for Librai-y, $50,16(1. 

MISCELLANEOIS EXPENSES. 

Miscellaneous expenses. 1)epai!T.ment of .Vcancii.TiRE : Foi- stationery, 
blank books, twine, jiaper, gum. dry goods, soap, brtishes. brooms, mats. oils, 
paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel, water and gas pii)es. heating aiii)a- 
ratus, furniture, carpets, and mattings; for lights, freight, express charges. 



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advertising, telegraphing, teleplioning. postage, wasliing towels, and necessary 
repairs and improvements to buildings and heating apparatus; for the purchase, 
subsistence, aud care of horses and the purchase and repair of harness and 
vehicles, for official purposes only ; for the payment of duties on imported 
jirticles. and the Department of Agriculture's proportionate share of the expense 
of the dispatch agent in New York : for official traveling expenses: and for other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, aud necessary 
for the practical and efficient work of the dei)artment. .$142..i00. of which $.5,000 
shall be immediately available. 

i;k.\t in thk distkkt ok COLr>rBIA. 

Kent of buii.uings. Dki^vktmext ok AciiacTLTUKE : For rent of buildings and 
parts of buildings in the District of Columbia, for use of the various bureaus, 
ilivisions, and offices of the Department of Agriculture. $158,689. 

STATES UEI.ATIONS SERVICE. 

Salaries, States Relations Skuvice: One director, .$4.r»0!i: one chief clerk, 
$2,000; one financial clerk. .*2,000: one clerk or proof reader. $1,800; four clerks, 
class four; eight clerks. cla.ss three; two clerks, at $1,500 each; twelve clerks, 
class two; one clerk, $1,260; thirty-one clerks, class one; one clerk. $1,100; 
thirty-nine (tlerks, at $1,000 each; thirty-one clerks, at $900 each; one clerk or 
lantern-slide colorist, $900; three clerks, at $840 each; two clerks, at $720 each; 
three messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $720 each; five messengers, 
messenger boys, or laborers, at $600 each ; sixteen mes.sengers, messenger boys, 
or laborers, at $480 each ; one messenger, messenger boy. or laborer. .$360 ; three 
messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at $300 each ; one skilled laborer, $900; 
four laborei-s or charwomen, at .$480 each; eleven laborers or chai-women, at 
$240 each ; in all, $180,980. 

(General expenses. States Relations Servk e : To carry into effect the pro- 
visions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, 
entitled "An Act to establish agricultural exi>eriiuent stations in connection w-ith 
the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act 
approved July second, eightwn hundred and sixty-two. and ot the Acts supple- 
mentary thereto," the sums apportioned to the several Stales and Territories, to 
be paid (luarterly in advance. .$720,000; 

'I'd cany into effect the provisions of an Act approved March sixteenth, nine- 
teen hundred and six. entitled "An Act to provide for an increased annual ap- 
propriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure 
thereof." the sums apportioned to the several States ;uul Territories, to be paid 
quarterly in advance. $720,000; VrovidetL That not to exceed $15,(RK» shall be 
paid to each State and Territory under this Act; Provided further. That here- 
after the Secretary of Agriculture be. aud he is liereby, authorized and directed 
to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment, and the Secretary of 
the Trea.sury is authorized and directed to pay the appi'()i)riation for the fiscal 
year ending .Tune thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and all future ap- 
l)roi)riations, to the (Jeorgia Exi)erinient Station, as authorized by the Act of 
ISIarch second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Tw«MUy-fourth Statutes, 
page four hundred and forty), conunonly referred to as the Hatch Act, and the 
Act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 
sixty-three), known as the Adams Act, and .ill amendments to said Acts, in 
accordance with the act of the General .\ssembly of (^leorgia, approved Decem- 
ber twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred aud eighty-eight, establishing the Georgia 



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Experiment Station, and the act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and 
six. accepting tlie l)enefits of the Adams Act (Georgia laws, nineteen hundred 
and six, page eleven hundred and sixty -one) : Provided further, That nothing 
herein shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Agri- 
culture over and respecting the supervision of the operation of the said Georgia 
Experiment Station as set forth in said Acts of Congress. 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the al)ovo 
Acts and the Act approved May eighth, nineteen luiudred and fourteen, entitled 
"An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the 
agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an Act of 
Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of Acts 
supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture." 
relative to their administration and for the administration of agricultural 
experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States, including the employment of clerks, assist- 
ants, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, freight and 
express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, 
telegraph and telephone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside of the 
District of Columbia, $68,500 ; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe 
the form of the annual financial statement required under the above Acts, 
ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with tlieir provisions, 
coordinate the work of the Department of Agriculture with that of the State 
agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said 
Acts, and make report thereon to Congress ; 

For farmers' cooperative demonstration work outside of the cotton belt, 
including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, 
sujiplies, and all other necessary expenses, $554,800; 

For fanuers' cooperative demonstrations and for the study and demonstration 
of the best methods of meeting the ravages of the cotton-boll weevil, including 
rlie employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, 
and all other necessary expenses, $650,140: Provided, That the expense of 
such service shall be defrayed from this appropriation and such cooperative 
funds as may be voluntarily contril)uted by State, county, and municipal 
agencies, associations of farmers, and individual farmers, universities, colleges, 
hoards of trade, chambers of commerce, other local associations of business men, 
liusiness organizations, and individuals within the State; 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the 
organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agricultural ."schools in the 
several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign coun- 
tries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organlzii- 
rions more effective for the dissemination of the i-esults of the work of the 
Department of Agriculture and tlie agricultural experiment stations, and of 
improved methods of agrictiltural practice, including the employment of labor 
in the city of Wasiiington and elsewhere, and all other necessary expi'uses. 
.V2O.600 : 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture tt) esiiiblisli and maintain agricul- 
tural experiment staticms in Alaska, Hawaii. Porto liico. the island of (Juani. 
and the Virgin Islands of the United States, including the erection of buil<lings. 
the i»reparation, illustration, and distribution of rep'>rts and bvilletins. and all 
other necessary expenses. $11KMHK). as follows: Alaska. .S(5.'i,(KK» ; Hawaii. $4.">.(KM) : 
I'orto Rico, .$4.">,000: Guam, $20,0(M); and the Virgin Islands of the United 
States. $15,000: and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such 
jproducts as are obtained xm the laud belonging to the agricultural experiment 
stations in Alaska. Hawaii. Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin 



32 VETO OF ACiRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Islands of the United StJitfs: I'roriilnl, That of the sum herein appropriateil 
for tiie experiment station in Hawaii $7.r)(K) may he used in asiricultural exten- 
sion \vorl< in Hawaii : 

To enahle tlie Secretary of Airriculturc to investifisite tiie rehitive utility 
and economy of agricultural proilucts for food, clothiufr. and other uses in the 
home, with sjiecial sujijrestions of plans and methods for the more effective 
utilization of such products for these purposes, with the cooperation of other 
bureaus of the department, and to disseminate useful information * this sub^ 
Ject. including,' the employment of labor in the city of Washinjiton a elsewhere, 
supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $30,120; 

For freneral administrative exi)enses connected with the lines (»l <n-k of the 
States Rehitions Service, indudinjr the ottices of the director, th< hief clerk, 
the olticers in charge of publications, library, accounts, i-ecords, ;>iilies, ami 
Itroperty, an<l for miscellaneous expenses incident thereto. $15,680 

In all. for jreneral expenses, .$2,069,840. 

Totiil for States K.-lations Service, $3.1.30,820. 

in KK.\r OK prm.ic roads. / 

S.vi,.\KiEs. BiKEAr OK PUBLIC RoADs : ( )ne director, who shall 1 a scientist 
and have charjie of all scientitic and technical work. $4,r)(K» : one e or. $2,ot)0: 
one draftsman or clerk, $1,920; one clerk. $1,900; one model ni er. $1.S00; 
three clerks, class four; six clerks, class three; one clerk or e( )rial clerk. 
$1,600; two clerks, at $1.5(X) each; caie clerk or photofrrapher. 1.44(>; one 
clerk or instrument nniker. $1,440; one clerk or tabulator, $1.44 one clerk, 
class two; two clerks, at $1,380 each; two clerks, at $1,320 each our clerks, 
at $1,260 each ; six clerks, class one ; one clerk or editorial clerl !1.200 ; one 
di-aftsman. $1,320; one clerk or draftsman, $1,200; one clerk c ilraftsman. 
$900; one clerk or photofiraplier, $1,200; one clerk or photo.craphe fl.OOO ; two 
clerks, at $1,140 each ; two clerks, at $1,080 each; one clerk. $1.02C >ine clerk.s, 
at $1,000 each; one clerk or skilled laborer. $1,000; four clerks, ; $900 each; 
one mechanician. $1,()80; one clerk or instrument maker. $1,200 |ne lantern 
slide colorist, $1,320; one mechanic. $1,200; one skilled laborei, .,;.,200; one 
laboratory aid. .$960; one messenger, laborer, or laboratory helper. $840; one 
messenger or laborei-. ,$840; two messengers, laborers, or laboratory helpers, 
at $720 eacli : two messengers or laborers, at $660 each; six messengers, 
laborers, or messenger boys, at .$600 each; one skilled laborer. $720; one tireman. 
$720; eight laborers, messenger boys, or charwomen, at $480 each; .seven char- 
women, at $240 each ; in all, $H»4,020. 

Gkneral expenses. BiREAi- OK PiBi.ic KoAus : For salaries and the eniplny- 
nient of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, ollice fixtures, 
ajiparatu.s, traveling and all other necessary expenses, for conducting investi- 
gations and experiments, and for collating, reporting, and illustrating the 
results of .same, and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins i\m\ 
reports, as follows: Proridrd, That no part of these appropriations shall be 
expended for the rent or purcha.se of road-making machinery, except such as 
may be necessary for field experimental work as hereinafter provided for : 

For inquii-ies in regard to systems of road management throughout the 
United States and for giving expert advice on this subject, .$40,040; 

For investigations of the best methods of road making, especially ordinary 
sand-clay and dirt roads, and the best kinds of road-making materials, and for 
furnishing expert advice on road building and maintenance, $141,060; 

For investigations of the chemical and physical character of road materials, 
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For coiKliK-tiiiy field »'xi)eiiiueiits ami various luetiiods of road construction 
and iiiaiuteiiance. and investi.i,'ations concerninc; various road materials and 
l)rei>anitions; for investigating and developinj;- etiuipuient intended for the 
preparation and application of hituniinous and other binders; for tlie purchase 
of materials and efpiipment; for the employment of assistants and labor; for 
rlie erection of buildinj,'s; such experimental work to be confined as nearly as 
possible to one point during the fiscal year, .'ilGO.OOO ; 

For in ^tigating and reporting upon the utilization ot water in farm 
irrigat4^n ncluding the best metliods to apply in practice; the different kinds 
of power d appliances. :ind the development of equipment for farm irrigation ; 
the flow ( vater in ditches, pipes, and other conduits; the duty, apportionment, 
and niea ement of irrigation water: the customs, regulations, and laws 
affecting -igation; for the purchase and installation of equipment for ex- 
iierimentt )urposes; for the giving of expert advice and assistance; for the 
|(rei)arati' and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation; for the 
eniploynu of assistants and labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere: 
for rent o 5ide of the District of Columbia : and for sui)plies and all necessary 
expenses. •-i2.440; 

For in\ igating and reporting upon farm drainage and ujion the drjiinage 
of swanif 1(1 other wet lands which may be niade available for agricultui'al 
purposes, r prejtaring i)lans for the removal of sulplus water by drainage. 
and for g. ig expert assistance by advice or otherwise in the drainage of such 
lands: f( condueting field exi)erinients and investigations <-oncerning the 
eonstructi and maintenance of farm drainage work; for investigating itnd 
ilevelopinj ((uipment intended for the construction and maintenance of fafm 
drainage u<tures; for the purchase of materials and equipment; and fOl- 
luvparing i<l illustrating reports and bulletins on drainage; an<l for the 
emi)loynie of assistants and labor in the city of ^^'ashington and elsewhere: 
liir i-ent oi ide of the District of Columbia, and for supi)lies and all necessary 
expenses. J.TOO ; 

For inv igating farin domestic water sui)i)ly and drainage disposal, the 
constructii of farm buildings, and other rural engineering problems involving 
mechanii"U i)rinci])les. including th(> erection of sudi structures outside of the 
District of Columbia as may be necessary for experimental purpo.ses only, the 
emijloyment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, ahd 
all othei- ne<'essary expenses, $2,5,000; 

, For general administrative exjienses connected with the above-menti<m«»<l 
lines of investigations and experiments, .$16,000; 

In all, for general expenses, $489,520. 

Total for Bureau of Public Roads, $r)93.r.40. 

lUHKAT OK MAKKKTS. 

Salabiks. BruKAi: ok Markets: One chief of bureau. $4,500; one chief clerk. 
$2,000; one administrative as!.sistant. $2,500; one clerk iu charge of supplies and 
accounts. $2,2.")0 ; one administrative assistant, $1,080; seven clerks, class four; 
ten clerks, class three; one clerk. $1,440; twenty-six clerks, class two; one 
clerk, $1,880; one clerk. $1,320: one clerk, $1,3<^); ninety-one clerks, class one; 
one «-lerk. $1,140; tiiree clerks, at $1.1(K) «'ach ; seventy-Hve clerks, at $1,000 
each; live clerks, at $1,080 each; seven clerks, at $1,020 each; one clerk. $960; 
twenty-four clerks, at .S!XK) each; three clerks, at $840 each; two clerks, at $720 
each; one mechanical assistant. $1,:'>80: one laboratory helper. .$900; one labor- 
atory aid. $960; three laboratory aids, at .$9(>() each: one lal)oratory ahl. $840; 

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•seven lab(»rat<ir.v aiclM, at $7^0 each; uiie iihutofii'apher, $1,400; one photographer, 
$1,200: one supervising telegrapher. $1,620; one telegraph operator, $1,400; six 
telegraph operators, at $1,200; each; seven telegraph operat(»rs, at $1,080 each; 
one telegraph operator, $1,020; one teleplK>ne operator, $(5r>0; two draftsmen, 
at $1,200 each; one draftsman. $900; one map tracer, .$900; one map tracer, 
$720; one map tracer. $600; (me map tracer, .$480: two skille<l laborers, at 
$900 eacli ; one laborer, $840; two laborers, at $720 each; four laborers, at $660 
each ; seven messenger boys or laborers, at $600 each ; seven messenger boys or 
laborers, at $540 each; twenty messenger b(»ys or laborers, at $480 each; 
fourteen messenger boys, at $420 each ; two messenger boys, at .$360 each ; one 
messenger boy, .$800; one charwoman, $540; tive charwomen, at .$480 each; 
two charwomen, .it .$300 each; eight charwomen, at .$240 each; in all, .$387,850. 

(Jknerae. kxi'knsks. BiriiEAi; oi- Makkkis: For salaries and tlie employment 
of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling 
expense.s, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other expenses 
necessary in conducting investigations. exiK>riments. and demonstrations, as 
follows ; 

For acquiring aii<l ditVusing among rhc {HH^iple of the Unitt^l States useful 
information on subjects connei'ted with the u)arketing and distributing of farm 
and nonmanufacturetl fo<^>d pnKlucts and tli<' purchasing of farm supplies, inde- 
IXMidently and in coojH'ration Avlth other branches of the department, Sta.te 
agencies, purchasing and consuniing organizations, and persons engaged in the 
transj)ortation, nutrketing, and distributing of fann and focxl products, .$2i)2.240; 

For collecting and distributing, by telegraph, mail, and otherwise, timely 
information on the supply, commercial movement. disj>osltlon. and market 
prices of fruits and vegetables, $196,660; 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to gatlier from stockmen, live-stock 
associations. State live-stock and agricultural boards, common carriers, stock 
yards, commission tirms. llve-st<K-k exchanges, slaughtering and meat-packing 
companies, and other information relative to the number of different classes and 
grades of marketable live stock, esi»«'icially cattle, hogs, and sheep in the prin- 
cipal live-stock feeding districts and growing sections; prices, receipts, and 
shipments of the different classes and grades of aittle, hogs, and sheep at live- 
stock market centers ; prices of meats and meat food products and the amounts 
.of such protlucts In storage ; to compile and publish such information at such 
frequent Intervals as most effectively to guide pnxlucers, consumers, and dis- 
tributors in the sale and purchase of live stock, meats, and other animal 
products; and to gather and publish any relate<l information pertaining to 
marketing and distribution of live stcH>k. meats, and animal by-products, the 
sum of $57,920 ; 

To make investigation relating to the production, transiK»rtatlon, storage, 
pi-eparation, marketing, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural food 
prmiucts. including the extent, manner, and methods of any manipulation of the 
nmrkets or control of the visible supply of such fo<Kl products or any of them by 
any individuals, groups, ass<K-iations, combinations, ov corporations, .$48,800; 

For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and certify, to 
sl»ip{>t>rs and other interested parties the quality and condition of fruits, 
vegetables, and other perishable farm products when received at such Imiwrtant 
• •entral markets as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time desig- 
nate, under such rules and regulations as he may i)re.scribe. Including payment 
of such fet^s as will be reasonable and as nearly as may be to cover the cost for 
the service rendere<l : Pnn-idcd, That certificates issued by the jiuthorized agents 
of the department shall be received In all courts of the United States as ]>rima 
I'acla evidence of the trtith of the statements therein contained. $113,000; 



VETO OF AGRTCULTirRE .VPPBOPRIATION BILL. 35 

For iuvestiffating. deiuousrrating, aud prouiotiug the use of standards for 
the different grades, qualities, and conditions of cotton, and for investigating 
the ginning, grading, stapling, baling, marking, compressing, and tare of cotton, 
.$45,920: Provided, That of the sum thus appropriated $26,960 may be used 
for testing the waste, tensile strength, and bleaching qualities of the different 
grades and classes of cotton in order to determine their spinning value and for 
demonstrating the results of such tests; 

To enable the Secretary of agriculture to make studies of cooperation 
among farmers in the United States in matters of rural cre<lits and of other 
forms of cooperation in rui-al communities: to diffuse among the people of the 
United States useful information growing out of these studies, in order to 
provide a basis for a broader nrilizalion of results secured by the research, 
experimental, and deii)onstr:iti<)ti work of the Department of Agriculture, agri- 
culrural colleges, and State experiment stations, $28,280; 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooj^erate with the several States 
in the employment of agents to acquire and diffuse useful information eon 
nected with the distribution and marketing of farm products through investiga- 
tional, demonstrational, or extension methods, $61,500; 

For investigating the handling, grading, and transportation of grain, includ- 
ing the grain sorghums, for the purpose of fixing delinite grades thereof, 
$92,750 ; 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the Act entitled 
"An Act to fix standards for Climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and 
vegetables, and to fix standards for baskets and other containers for small, 
fruits, berries, and vegetables, and for other purposes," approved August 
thirty-first nineteen hundred and sixteen, including the employment of such 
persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, in the 
city of Washington and elsewhere, $5,000; 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to install an experimental flour mill, 
baking and other apparatus, in order to Investigate the milling and baking 
qualities of wheat and other grains, including the payment of rent in the city 
of Washington, $50.000 ; 

For general administrative expenses in connection with the lines of Investl- 
s-'ation, exjKM-iment, and demonstration (conducted in the Bureau of Markets, 
$39,635; 

In all, for general expenses, $1,011,705. 

Enfokcement of the Umtko States cotton-futukes Act: To enable the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carrj' into effect the provisions of the United 
Staies cotton-futurvs Act, including all expenses necessjiry for the purchase of 
equipment and supplies; for travel; for the employment of persons In the 
city of Washington and elsewhere; and for all other expenses, including rent 
outside of the District of Columbia, that may be necessary in executing the 
provisions of this Act. $113,580. 

Enfokcement of the Uniteo States grain .stani).\rds Act: To enable the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Unite<l SUUch 
grain standards Act, including such rent and the employment of such p(»rs4.>n.s 
and means as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem nwessarj-, in the city 
of Washington and elsewhere. $456,580. 

AnwiMsTKAHoN OF THE UNITED STATE.S WAREHOUSE AcT : To enable tiie 
Se<;-retaiy of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the United States 
warehouse Act, including the i)ayment of such rent and the employment of 
such persons and means as the SecreUiry of Agriculture may d«"era neoessar>'. 
In the city of Washington an<l elsewhere, $5.'{,540. 

l\.tal for Bureau of Markets. .$2,023,255. 



36 VETO OF AGRICULTURK APPROPRIATION BILL. 

In th(» performauce of the duties required of the Bureau of Marltets in 
the adniinistratiou or enforcement of provisifms of Acts (United States cotton- 
futures Act. Thirty-nintli Statutes at Larjje. paj^e four hundred nnd seventy- 
six; United States j^i-ain stanchirds Aet, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 
four hundred auii eighty-two; United States wareliousc Ai'r, Thirty-ninth 
Statutes at Large. i)age four liuniirwl and eighty-six; standard container Act, 
Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page six hundred and <i'veuty-three ; nnd lUc 
Acts inalviug annual apprupriat'ons for the department of Agriculture) relat- 
ing to the Department of Agi'iculture, the Secretary of .\griculture, or any 
representative autliorized by him for the purpose, shall have jiower to admin- 
ister oaths, examine witnesses, and call for the production of hooks and 
papers, during tlic fiscal year ending .Tune thirti(>th. niiuMot'ii lunidred and 
nineteen. 

K.\H»K(K.Mi:.\T OK TlIK I .N SK( Tl( 1 UK ACT. 

Salaries, knkokckmknt ok tiik i.nkk( tk idk Act: One exccutiv*^ olliccr. $2,750: 
one executive assistant. $2,0(M); one clerk, cla.ss tlii'ee ; one clei'k, class two; 
• me clerk, c)as>» one; two clerks, at $1,140 each: two i-lerks, at $1,(KX» each: 
three insecticide and fungicide insi)ectors, at $1,000 each; two clerks and 
sample collector.s. at $1,000 each; one sample and storeroom custodian, $1,200; 
one laboratory helper, $4S0; one laboraiory helper. .$720; one laboratory helper. 
$600; one unskilled laborer, .$000: one iniskiljed laborer, $480; two nies.senger 
boys or lab<)rers. at $480 e;icb ; one niesMMiger boy. .«;!(;0 : two chMrwonieu. :it 
$480 each : in all. $26,750. 

(lENERAi, expi-:nsks. KNKOiu KM k.\t UK thk inskc TK IDK .\(i : For sal;iries and tlie 
employment of labor in the <-ity of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, .sup- 
plie.s, traveling expenses, rent outside of tlie District of Columbia, and for all 
necessary expenses, as follows : 

' To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into cITect the i)rovisions of 
the Act of April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred .ind ten, entitled "An Act for 
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transjiortation of adulterated or mLs- 
branded Paris greens, lead arsenates, and other insecticides, and also fungi- 
cides, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes." .$94,490. 
. Total for enforcement of the insecticide Act. $121,240. 

KKDKKAK HOKTICf KTIKAI. IJOAKI). 

Sai.akiks. Fkdkkai, HoKTicri.TiKAi, HoAKu: One secretary of board, .$2,280; 
one executive clerk, .$2,000; one clerk, class four; one clerk, class three; t%vo 
clerks, at $1,440 each; two clerks, cla.ss two; two clerks, at $1,200 each; one 
clerk, class one; one clerk, $1,080; six clerks, at $1,000 each; one clerk, $900; 
one messenger boy, $480; two n)essenger boys, at $860 each; one charwoman, 
$240; in all. $26,500. 

(lENEBAL EXPENSES. Fedekai. Hoktu UKTiKAL BoAKD : For salaries and the 
employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, furniture, sup- 
plies, traveling expenses, rent outside of the District of Cohiiiibia. ;ind for 
all other necessary expenses, as follows: 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of 
tlie Act of Augu.st twentieth, nineteen huudrwl and twelve, as amended, entitleil 
"An Act to regulate the importation of nursery stock and other idants and 
plant proilucts; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and main- 
tain (luanintine districts for plant dise^ises and inse<-t pests: to permit and 



VETO OF AGKICULTURK APPROPKIATION BILL. 87 

reguhile tin- iiKiveiiu-iit of fruits, pliiiit.s. jiiid vt';,'etiihlt'K thfivfroiii. ;iii<t for otluT 
purpttse-s," $48.'-!(K). 

Total for F(mUm-:iI Horticiiltiiral r.o.-ird. :i;74,S(X». 

And not to exceed ten per ciMmuu of the fore.Lroin;; iiiiKiuiiis for ilie luiseel 
laneoiis expense.^ of the work of any hureaii. division, or oftice herein providetl 
for shall be uvaihible interchangeably fur expenditures on the objects indudeil 
within the genez-al expenses of such bureau, division, or oHice. but no more thau 
ten p>er centum shall be added to any (»ne item of appropriation excejit in cases 
of extraordinary emerRency. :ind then only upon the written order of tlM> 
.Secretary of Agriculture. 

Total. Department of .\i;ri<-ulture. for routine and oi-dinary uoriv. ."^'J.^i.sr.G.ToS. 

MlSCEl.l.ANKors. 

I>K.\lo.NSTKATio.\s o.\ itKci.A.M.VTiON I'Ko.JECTs: To enai)le lilt' Secrelapx of 
Agriculture to encourage and aid in the agricultural develoimient of the gov- 
ernment reclamation projects: to assist, through demonstrations, advice, and 
in <»ther ways, settlers on the projects; and for the emi)loyment of p<'rsons and 
means ne(v.s.sary in the city ot Washington and elsewhere. !f4S.()(tO. 

(>:m.>PKRATIVK FIKK I'RtnECTION OK KOKKSTEI) WATKKSIIKDS OI' NAVK;AIU.K STKKAMS : 

P^or cooperation with any State or group of States in the protection from tire 
of the forested watersheds of navigable streams under the provisions of section 
two of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, entitled "An Act 
to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the 
ITnite<l States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable .streams, and 
to appoint a conmiission for the acquisifi(»n of lands for the purpose of con- 
serving the navigability of navigable rivers." $100,000. 

Experiments and demonstrations in hve-stock production in the cank- 
siTGAR AND COTTON DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES I T<» enable the Secretary 
of Agriculture, in cooperation with the authorities of the States concerne<l, or 
with individuals, to make such investigations and demonstrations as may Ix' 
necessary in connection with the development of live-stock itroduction in the 
cane-sugar and cottim districts of the United States, including the erection of 
barns and <»ther necessary buildings, and the employment of iicrsoiis and means 
in the city of W:ishington and elsewhere, $60,000. 

Experiments in dairying and mve-.stock puodiith)n in si.miaimh and iuki- 
(,ATED Di.sTRKTs OK THE WESTERN UNITED STATES : To enable the Secretary of 
Agriculture to conduct investigations and experiments in jintblems connected 
with the establishment of dairying ami meat-production enterprises on the 
semiarid and irrigated lands of the western United States, including the pur- 
<hase of live .stock, the erection of haras and other necesstiry buildings, and 
the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Wa.shington anjl 
elsewhere, $40,000. 

That not to exceed .SG^H.iKtO of the lump-sum appro|»riatioiis herein made for 
the I>epartment of Agriculture shall be available for the i)urchase, maintenance, 
rejiair. and ojjeration of inotor-pro])elled and horse-drawn i)as.senger-carryinK 
vehicles necessary in the conduct of tiie field wcu-k of the Department of Agri- 
.ulture outside the District of f'.olumbia : I'ruridcil, That not t(» exceed $13,000 
.»f this amount shall be exjiendetl for the purchase of such vehicle.s. and thai 
such vehicles shall be use<l only for otlidal service outside the District of Co- 
lumbia, but this .shall not prevent the continue<l use for titticial service of motor 
trucks in the T>istrict of Columbia: I'roiulcil further. That the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall, on the lirst day of each n'gular session of ('ongres.s. make a 
report to Congre.ss showing the amount expendinl muler the ]>rtivisioiis of this 
paragraph during the prece<ling fiscal year. 



38 vT<:rf) of agriculture appropriation bill. 

EBADICATION of H)OT-ANl)-Nf(»T-TII AM) OTHKK (ONTAOJOU.S DI.SEASKS Ol ANIMAXK : 

In c-ftse of an enuTKeuvy iirisiuK out of tht? existence of foot-and-mouth disease, 
rinderpest, coiitaf^ious pleuropneumonia, or other (■ontasiious or infectious dis- 
ease of animals which, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, threatens 
the live-stock industry of the country, he may exi»enil in the city of Washiufrtou 
or elsewhere, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
•the sum of $1.00(),(XX), which sum is hereby appropriated, or so much thei"eof 
as he determines to he necessary, in the arresi and eradication of any .such- 
disease, including the payment of claims growing out of past and future pur- 
chases and destruction, in cooperation with the .States, of animals affiK'ted by 
or exposed to, or of materials contanunated hy or exposed to, any such disease, 
wherever foTmd and irrespective of ownership, undei- like or substantially 
similar circumstances, when such 'owner has complied with all lawful quaran- 
tine reKulations : Provided, That the jiayment for animals hereafter jiurchased 
may be made on a ppi'ai stamen t ba.sed on the meat, dairy, or bret^dlng \alue, but 
in case of appraisement hase«l on breedinii value no appraisement of any animal 
shall excetHl three times its meat or dairy value, and except in cas*' (tf an ex- 
traordinary emergency, to be detorniined hy the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
payment by the United States Government for any animal shall not exceed one- 
half of any such appraisements: Provided further. That so much of the appro- 
priation of !!>2,500,0(X> made by the agricultural appropriation Act of March 
fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and sixtwn, for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth 
disease, rinderi)est, contagious pleuropneumonia, or other contagious or infec- 
tious disease of animals, a.s remains unexpended at the close of the fiscal year 
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby reappropriated and made available 
for expenditui'e during the fiscal year ending .Tune thirtieth, nineteen hundred 
and nineteen, for the objects nu-ntioned in said appropriation Act. including 
nece.ssary investigations to deternune whether said diseases have been com- 
pletely eradicated in districts where they previously existed. 

Ekadicatiox of pink iJOLLwoKii : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to 
meet the emergency caused by the existenc*- of the pink bollworm of cotton 
in Mexico, and to prevent the establishment of such insect in the United States 
by the employment of all means necessary, including rent outside of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia and the employment of jiersons and means in the city of 
Washington and elsewhere, as follows: 

To prevent the movement of cotton and cotton seed from Mexico into the 
United States, including the regulation of the entry into the United States of 
railway cars and other vehicles, and freight, express, baggage, or other mate- 
rials from Mexico, and the insjiection. cleaning, and disinfection thereof. 
$50,000; any moneys received in payment of charges fixed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture on account of such cleaning and disinfection at plants constructed 
therefor out of any appropriation made on account of the pink bollworm of 
cotton to be covered into the Treasury as miscelUuieoTis receipts: 

To make surveys to determine the actual distribution of the pink bollworm 
in Mexico and to exterminate local infestations in Mexico near the border of 
the United States, in cooperation with the Mexican Government or local 
Mexican authorities. "$25,000; 

To investigate in Mexico or elsewhere the pink bollworm as a basis for 
control measures, $25,000; 

To conduct surveys and insjiections in Texas or in any other State to detect 
any infestation and to conduct such control measures, including the establish- 
ment of cotton-free areas, in cooperation with the State of Texas or other 
States concemed. as may be necessary to stamp out such infestation, to estab- 



VETO OF A(}R1CULTURE .^PEOPRIATION BILL. 39 

livsh in coo|>eration with the States concerned a zone or zones free from cotton 
culture on or near the border of any State or States adjacent to Mexico, and 
to cooperate with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities, or 
otherwise, by undertaking in Mexico such measures for the extermination of 
the pinic bollworni of cotton as shall be determined to be practicable from sur- 
veys showing its distribution, $400,000: Provided, That no part of the money 
herein appropiiated shall Ix' used to pay the cost or value of crops or other 
property injured or destroyed. 

That any moneys heretofore or hereafter received by the Unit»Hi ,States for 
or in conne<'tion with the disiwsition of nitrate of soda pursuant to Miction 
twenty-seven of the Act entitled "An Act to provide further for the national 
security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and 
controlling the distribution of food products and fuel." approved August t(>nth. 
nineteen hundred and seventeen (Public, Nunibereil Forty-one, Sixty-fifth C'xin- 
gress), are hereby appropriated and made inunediately available as a revolving 
fund to be use<l at the discretion of the President for further carrying out the 
purposes of said section and extending its operation throughout the peri«Kl ol 
the existing war as ascertained and proclaimed in accordance with section 
twenty-four of said Act: Prov-idcd, That nothing herein shall be construetl as 
prohibiting the sale or disposal of any nitrates remaining on hand at the time 
of. or contractetl for previous to, sucli termination. 

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with individuals, firms, 
or corporations, owning or operating plants for <lrying or dehydration of vege- 
tables, fruits, and other perishable edible products to determine the best means 
and processes of dehydration and to disseminate informal ioti as to the value 
and suitabilit.v of such products for human food. $2:i0,00(>. which sum .shall be 
immediately available: ProrHded, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 
authorized, if the President shall determine it to be necessary, to u.se all or any 
part of tlus appropriation for the establishment and operation of a plant or 
plants for the dehydration of vegetables, fruits, and other perishable eflible 
products in any place or places in the United States for the purpose of supply- 
ing food for the Army and Navy, and the money recelve<l from the operation of 
any such plant or plants shall constitute ,i i-evolving fmui until .Tmie thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and nineteen. 

For applying such methods of ei-adication or lontrol ol' the sweet-j>otato 
weevil as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, 
including tlu' payment of such expenses and employment of such persons and 
means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in cooperation with such 
authorities of the States concernetl. organizations, or individuals as he may 
deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, .$20,000. which shall 1h> innntMliately 
available, and in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture no expenditures 
shall be made for thes<» purposes until a sum or sums .it least e<inal to .such 
expenditures shall have been api)ropriated. subscribed, or contrihnted by State, 
county, or local authorities or by individuals or organizations for the accom- 
plishment of such purposes: Promded, That no part of the money herein 
appropriated shall be used to pay the cost or value of sweet i)otat<ms. sweet- 
potato plants, or other property injured or destroyed. 

That section six of the Act entitled "An Act defining butler, .il.so imposing a 
tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, antl exportation of 
oleomargarine," approve<l .August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, I>e 
amended so as to read as follows : 

" Sec. 6. That all oleomargarine shall be packetl by the maiuifacturer thereof 
in firkins, tubs, or other wooden or paper packages not before usetl for that 
purpose, each containing not less than ten pounds, and marked. stami'«^l. anfl 



40 VHT() OK ACRICUI.TURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 

brandt'tl ii.s tlio C\)iiiiuis«si<iiu'i' of Intcrual Itevi'iiue, with tlu' approval ol tlie 
Set-retary of tlic Treasury, sliall pres^cribe ; and all sales made by the tuanufac 
(urers of oleoiuartrariiie. and \vh(jlesale dealers in i>le<)niar;rarine sliall be in 
orit^nal stamped packafres. 

"Retail dealers in oleoniar.u::irine must sell only from original stanH)e<l pack- 
ages, in quantities not exceefling ten pounds, and sliall iiaok the oleomarKariue 
sold by them in suitable wooden or paper packages, which shall be marked and 
branded as the Commissioner of Internal IJevenue. Mith the approval of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe. 

" P>very person who knowingly sells or offers for sale, or delivers or oflers 
to deliver, any oleomargarine in any other form than in new wooden or paper 
jiackages as above described, or who i>acks in any jiackajre any oleomargarine 
in any manner contrary to law. or who falsely lir.inds any jiackages or affixes 
a stamp on any package denoting a less amount of tax tiian that require<l by 
law, shall be fined for each offense not iiKU-e than si .(^00. and be iniprijfctned 
not more than two years." 

That section fourteen <if the Act entitled "An .V<l t<> itiovidc furtiier for the 
national security and defense by encouraging the iiroduction. conserving the 
supjily. and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel." approved 
August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, be amended to read as follows : 

" Sec. 14. That whenever the President shall find that an emergency exists 
recpiiring stimulation of the production of wheat and that it is essential 
that the producers of wheat, produced within the United States, shall have 
the benefits of the guaranty px'ovided for in this section, lie is authorized, 
from time to time, seasonably and as far in advance of seeding time as 
practicable, to determine and fix and to give public notice of what, under 
specified conditions, is a reasonable guaranteed price tor whetit, in order to 
assure such producers a reasonable profit. The President shall thereupon fix 
such guaranteed price for each of the official grain standards for wheat as 
established under the Unitwl States grain .standards Act, ai>proved August 
eleventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen. The President shall from time to 
time establish and promulgate such regulations as he shall deenj wise in con- 
nection with such guaranteed prices, and in particular governing conditions of 
delivery and payment and differences in price for the several standard grades 
at the local elevator or the local railway market where such wheat is delivered 
from the farm where jiroductHl. adopting number one northern spring or its 
equivalent as the basis. Thereupon the Government of the United States 
hereby guarantees every i>ro(lucer of wheat produced within the United States 
that, upon compliance by him with the regulations prescribed, he shall receive 
for any wheat produced in reliance upon this giiarantee within the period, not 
exceeding eighteen months, prescribed in the notiw a price not less than the 
guarantefHl price therefor as fixed pursuant to this section. In such regulations 
the President shall prescribe the terms and conditions upon which any such 
producer shall be entitled to the benefits of .such guaranty. The guaranteed 
prices for the several standard grades of wheat for the crop of ninett^en hun- 
dred and eighteen shall I>e based upon number two northern spring or its 
equivalent at not less than ,$2.40 per bushel at the principal interior primarj- 
markets designated by the President by proclamation issued by him February 
twenty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, an<l at such other places as the 
President may designate. 

" This guaranty shall not be dependent upon the action of the Pn-siiteut 
under the first part of this section, but is hereby made absolute and shall be 
binding until May first, uinetcn hundred .iiid nineteen. When the President 
fin«ls that tlh- iiiUMirt.iiiuii into tlif riiitt'd St;ites <if any wheat prodaoed 



YKTO OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIOX BILL. 41 

ourside of tin- United States iiiiilerijilly eiiliiiin-«'s oi- is lii<el.\ materially to 
enhance the lial)ilities of the Unireil States uiuler jriiaranties of iirices tlierefof 
made pursuant to tiiis section, and ascertains wliaV r-.ite of duty, added to th«' 
tiien existing rate of (hity on wlicai and to the value of wheat at the time of 
imi>ortation. would hv sntticieni io lirin-: tiie price thereof at wliich importe<l 
up to the jH-ice lixcd thcrcl'or imrsu.int to (lie fore^^oiiiK ju-ovisions of this se<'- 
tion, he shtill proclaim sii<li facts, and thereafter there shall he levied, coi- 
lecto<l. an<i pai<l ni>on wheat wlien imporied. in athlition to tlie then existing:- 
rate of duty, the rate of duty, so ascei-tained : hut in no lase shall any such 
rate of duty he fixed at an amount which will effect a i-ednclion of the rate of 
duty upon wheat under any then existin.i: tariff law (»f tiie United States. P\m- 
the puri>ose of malvin.u- any liuaranteed ja-ice effective under this section, or 
whenever lie deems it essential in order to lu-otect the (loverument of the 
['nite<l States aiiainst material enhancement of its liahilities arisinfj (uit of any 
guaranty under this section, the President is authorized also, in his discretion, 
to purcha.se any wheat for which a guaranteed price shall he fixed under this 
section, and to hold, transport, or store it. or to sell, dispose of, and deliver 
the same to any citizen of the United States or to any (Jovernment engaged in 
war witli any country with wliich the (Jovernment of the United States is or may 
he at war, or to use the saiue as supplies for any department or agency of th*' 
(Jovernuient of the United States. Any moneys received hy the United Slates 
from or in connection witli the sale or disposal of wheat under this section may. 
in the discretion of the l*resident, be used as a revolving fund for further carry- 
ing out the purposes of this section. Any balance of .such moneys not used as 
part of such revolving fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
re^-eipts." 

Total cai-i-ied l»y this hill for the I»epartmenl of Agi-iculture, .S27,.STr),353. 

<'HAMI' ("I.AKK, 

Speaker of the Ifov.'<e of lieprescntatircH. 
Wii.r.ARi) Sailsijury, 
I'resiileiit of tfu Setiati' I'ro Tempore. 

I certify that this .\ci (.riginated in the House of Representatives. 

Sorrii Tkimkle. Clerk. 
Hy D. K. IIkmi'STEad, 

Hn rnUinn Clerk. 



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